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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Whitpaine, Cleveland Service Number 275
Killed in Action 29th July 1916 Pozieres, France
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NAME Whitpaine, Cleveland
SERVICE NO 275
UNIT 25th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 18 yrs 4 mths
PLACE OF BIRTH Erskinville, NSW
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Station hand
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 30 Dec 1914
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Father;- Charles Whitepaine, 85 Railway Pde Erskineville/ The Entrance, Tug-gerah Lakes/ Brother;- Gunner R Whitepaine 8225/ Brother;- A C W Whitepaine, Cowan Rd., St. Ives, Pymble
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-54.Weight-134lbs. Chest-33. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown. Tattoo, Butterfly L/Arm
RELIGION
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES 9 -12 May 1915- AWOL Greenhills. 7 Jun 1915- AWOL 8 hrs.-Greenhills. 17 Jan 1916- Offence-Refused to obey lawful command. 3 Jul 1916- Offence-Drunkeness, France
WOUNDED/ILLNESS 14 Feb 1916-Adm 7th F.Amb. Ismailia- Meningitis/
DIED 29 Jul 1916- GSW L/Breast- Pozieres
BURIED
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-22467, British War Medal-16812, Victory Medal-16746. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-328136.
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Gosford Times 30
th August 1917
Private Cleveland Whitpaine, aged 19, youngest son of Mr C. Whitpaine, of The Entrance, is reported to have been killed in action in France on 29
th July. He was previously reported missing.
Gosford Times 6
th September 1917
IN MEMORIUM WHITPAINE Killed in action in France, July 29th 1916 (previously reported missing), Private Cleveland Whitpaine, aged 19 years, youngest son of Mr C. Whitpaine, The Entrance. Oh, why was he taken so young and so fair. When earth holds so many it could better spare; God bless the spot where darling Cleve lies, Away from our midst near the French foreign skies. Inserted by his dear dad, sisters, Addie, Olive, Ivy and only brother, Syd.
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8386696