nancarrow, claude eugene

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

Nancarrow, Claude Eugene Service Number 2366

Killed in Action 12th October 1917 Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium

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NAME Nancarrow, Claude Eugene

SERVICE NO 2366

UNIT 36th Battalion

RANK Lc/Cpl 14 Sept 1917

AGE at Enlistment 35 yrs 8 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH West Maitland, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Labourer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 22 May 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Gosford, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Wife;- Martha Nancarrow, Ourimbah, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height-5’10”.Weight-160lbs. Chest-36-38”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Black.

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED 17 Oct 1916-Sydney per “Borda”

DISEMBARKED Plymouth

NOTES 29-30 Nov 1916-AWOL- England-Arrested by Guards/ Lewis Gun Section

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 20 Jul 1917- Hosp Belgium-Diarrhoea- 3 Aug 1917/ rejoined unit 12 Oct 1917 posted missing

DIED 12 Oct 1917-Leg blown off- Passchendaele

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-49742, Victory Medal-49110. Memorial Plaque & Scroll -342457.

DEPENDANTS Wife, sons Ernest Eugene & John Oliver, daughter Iris Merle.

PERSONAL EFFECTS Dictionary, letters, cards/

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Wife;-

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT “He was a good chap we called him Claude, he was a great crick-eter”./ “one leg was blown off the other badly shattered, he was hit by a 6.9 shell, shortly after daylight”./

NSW BDM Marriage;- Nancarrow Claude E & Radley, Martha reg 1909/1335 Gosford “Central Coast Roll Of Honour” by Wyong Family History Group Pg 121, Ourimbah-Lisarow RSL- Pacific Highway Ourimbah. Pg 128-Ourimbah, School of Arts Hall (destroyed by fire 10 Oct 1922) Pg 251- Wyoming, Holy Family Anglican Church, 2 Ronald St, Wyoming Nancarrow, Claude Eugene Pte 36

th Btn KIA Belgium….12 Oct 1917

Sc Ancestry.com DOB 27/9/1881 Maitland, parents Henry Nancarrow 1809-1885 & Mary Ann 1809-1879 ??? Could not find a birth registration to confirm

Nancarrow—Group 36th Battalion in training camp

Police Gazette 1

Gosford – A warrant has been issued by the Gosford Bench for the arrest of Claude Eugene Nancarrow,

charged with child desertion. He is about 26 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, medium build, dark

complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, clean shaved, artificial teeth in upper jaw; dresses well; a grocer and car-

penter.

Police Gazette Vide Police Gazette, 1908 pg. 412.

Gosford – The arrest of Claude Eugene Nancarrow, charged on warrant with child desertion, is not now

desired. Provision made. Warrant cancelled.

Gosford Times 13

th June 1917

SOLDIERS LETTERS. Private Claude Nancarrow, of Ourimbah, writes to his wife from “Somewhere in France”, dated 17

th June:-

It is a couple of weeks since I wrote to you last, but since then we

have had a great battle, news of which I suppose you have had

before now. I don’t want to see anything like it again. No one

except the poor chaps who were in it can tell what it was like.

Our Battalion was cut up a good deal, and we sustained a large

number of casualties. Many of my mates who came over with

me were either killed of wounded. We had seven days of it and it

was hell on earth. I never expected to come out alive, yet I did

not get even a scratch. Frank earl was wounded a few days be-

fore the battle. Jack Krumm fell victim to shell shock, but is back

from the hospital. I heard that Bill Stacey is getting along O.K.

We are now resting about five miles behind the firing line, and it’s

a great relief to be away from the roar and battle of the guns. I

only hope we don’t have to go through anything like it again. I

believe a man would go mad if he didn’t get a spell out of it.

Poor George Fleming (you will remember him going to the trans-

port with us in Sydney) was killed. We had been friends ever

since leaving Australia. At present we are billeted among the

farms. “Tis a peaceful scene, and you would never think that

there was a terrific war on. The people here all try to give us a

good time. I will be glad when the war is over and I am back with

you and the children, but we are certain to have some big battles

before the game is finished. So far I have been very fortunate,

only meeting with narrow escapes. Would much sooner bo on

our side of the line, and it is a mystery how fritz stands up to it at

all. It must be simply hell under our artillery bombardment. The

German won’t stand up and fight. If they can’t get an opportunity

to run away they throw up their hands and cry “Mercy comrade”.

But when we remember their hellish treatment of defenseless old

men, women and children, and their despicable acts of treach-

ery, is it a wonder that their cries for mercy are very often un-

heeded.

Gosford Times 15

th November 1917

Mrs Nancarow has received word that her husband, who was fighting in France, has been missing since

August.

Gosford Times 2

nd May 1918

ROLL OF HONOR. NANCARROW – Killed in Action, 12

th October, 1917, in France (Passchendale) previously reported miss-

ing, Claude E. Nancarrow, dearly loved husband and father, M. Nancarrow, Ernie, Jack and Iris, Ourimbah.

Gosford Times 1919

ROLL OF HONOR NANCARROW – In sad but loving memory of my dearest husband and our father, Private C.E. Nancarrow, killed in France, 12

th October, 1917.

God called him home, it was his will, But in our hearts, he liveth still. Inserted by his loving wife and children.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833

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