Clarence Creighton

Service number: 1159

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Unit: 18th Battalion D Company

Service: Australian Army

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Clarence was born in Yass, New South Wales and was 21 years and 2 months at enlistment on 12th March 1915. Clarence was a baker by trade and resided with his mother Mrs. Isabel Moran at 114 Pittwater Road, Manly. He was admitted to hospital with a gun-shot wound to his toe on 30th August 1915. On 18th November 1915 he was admitted to hospital in Cairo with a gun-shot wound to his foot. He was wounded in action in France on 5th August 1916 with a gun-shot wound to his back. Clarence returned to Australia on 18th May 1919. The photo is mis-captioned ‘Orlighton’ instead of Creighton.