Clout E. W
Ernest Wylie Clout
Ernest Wylie Clout was a young soldier from Yerong Creek; he was in the Second Battalion, First Brigade. Clout enlisted to the Australian Army on the 6th of May 1916, and embarked on the 9th of September 1916 aboard HMAT A14 Euripides. On that same ship was another soldier from Yerong Creek, William Chandler. Ernest was bombed and killed along with 15 others in battle. He was buried in the Heath Cemetery, near Peronne in France. His rank was Lance Corporal which was above Recruit and Private. Clout was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. He was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Frances Clout and he will never be forgotten.
Service Record
Regimental number- 6233
Place of birth -William Street, North Wagga, New South Wales
School -North Wagga Public School, New South Wales
Religion- Roman Catholic
Occupation- Farm labourer
Address- Mittagong, Yerong Creek, New South Wales
Marital status -Single
Age at embarkation -19
Next of kin - Father, T Clout, Mittagong, Yerong Creek, New South Wales
Enlistment date- 6 May 1916
Rank on enlistment- Private
Unit name- 2nd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number - 23/19/3
Embarkation details- Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll- Private
Unit from- Nominal Roll 2nd Battalion
Fate- Killed in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or wounding- Proyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death- 22.2
Age at death from cemetery records - 22
Place of buria- l Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 32
Miscellaneous information from
cemetery records Parents: Thomas and Elizabeth Frances CLOUT, William Street, North Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
In the memory of Lance Corporal Ernest Wylie Clout
Official Record
HMAT A14 Euripides
Death Notice
Victory Medal
British War Medal
Lance Corporal
Author
Royce Hunter and Craig Fitzgerald
Yerong Creek Public School
2014
Yerong Creek Public School
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