whitpaine, cleveland

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-5’4”.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 8½ 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.

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 29

th 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.