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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
Nancarrow, Claude Eugene Service Number 2366
Killed in Action 12th October 1917 Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
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held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
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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
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7989833
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