Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Fairbrother Clement Joseph

Also known as Charles John Fairbrother

He was born Elizabeth Town Tasmania to John and Elizabeth Fairbrother, a labourer who departed Sydney 4^th September 1916 on board “HMAT Port Sydney” with the 33^rd Infantry Battalion. On the 19^th May 1917 he was transferred to the 10^th Field Ambulance.

He died at the 2^nd Casualty Clearing Station from a gunshot wound to the head received in action and was buried Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.

Signaller C J Fairbrother of Elizabeth Town, Waratah and New South Wales was killed in action in France on July 1^st. His father received the sad news on Saturday through the Church of England minister at Deloraine; also that his eldest son Sergeant F J Fairbrother who was reported missing on March 30 was a prisoner of war at Lemberg, Germany. The news was received through the Reverend D. B. Blackwood (chaplain) that he was leading a small squad in No Man’s Land when he went too far. His kit was found, but not his body and it was thought he might have been captured by a German patrol

The Weekly Courier 19^th July 1917

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