Clarence Arthur Dumbrell

Service number: 1718A

Rank: Private

Unit: 13th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Clarence Dumbrell was born at West Maitland on 10 June 1890 to George Dumbrell. The family lived at 11 James Street, Manly; George was an Alderman of Manly. Clarence trained as a dentist’s clerk prior to enlistment.

He enlisted on 14 August 1915, and served with the 13thBattalion. He was wounded in France on 12 August 1916.

He had hospital spells with trench fever in January 1917 and VD in September 1917.

He was wounded for the second time on 4 July 1918. He returned to Australia on the City of Exeter on 15 January 1919, and was discharged as medically unfit on 20 April 1919.After the war he lived at Kangaroo Point Road, Sylvania.

He died in 1970.