GUY L.C.

Given Names:  Lionel Claude

Service Number:  1194

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 2, Bty 6                                                                                 

Rank:  Gunner 

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Age:  20 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  9½ In                  

Weight:  160 Lbs

Chest:  35 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/8/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Robert Edward Guy

10 Stevenson Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  20/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Shropshire A9

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  1st Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  847

British War Medal:  2597

Victory Medal:  2598

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BIRTH

Date or Year:  1894

Place:  Bendigo, Victoria                         

Father:  Robert Edward GUY                   

Mother:  Elizabeth ARNOTT

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 3/11/1917                          

Place: 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgium                                          

Burial:  Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 2/11/1917; gas shell blew in the dugout and was severely gassed; was conscious when admitted to hospital, passed away in sleep about 11 o’clock the following morning

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Hawthorn Rowing Club

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 357487

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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