Nancarrow, Claude Eugene by Central Coast Council

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Claude Edmund Allen Nancarrow, Eugene

Service Service Number Number 1494 2366 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 12th October 1917 Gallipoli Passchendaele, Ypres,Peninsula Belgium

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

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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-Diarrhoea3 Aug 1917/ rejoined unit 12 Oct 1917 posted missing 12 Oct 1917-Leg blown off- Passchendaele

DIED BURIED MEDALS DEPENDANTS

British War Medal-49742, Victory Medal-49110. Memorial Plaque & Scroll -342457. 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 cricketer”./ “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 36th 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

Nancarrowâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Group 36th Battalion in training camp

Police Gazette 1 Gosford â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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 carpenter.

Police Gazette Vide Police Gazette, 1908 pg. 412. Gosford â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The arrest of Claude Eugene Nancarrow, charged on warrant with child desertion, is not now desired. Provision made. Warrant cancelled.

Gosford Times 13th June 1917 SOLDIERS LETTERS. Private Claude Nancarrow, of Ourimbah, writes to his wife from “Somewhere in France”, dated 17th 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 before 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 transport 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 treachery, is it a wonder that their cries for mercy are very often unheeded.

Gosford Times 15th November 1917 Mrs Nancarow has received word that her husband, who was fighting in France, has been missing since August.

Gosford Times 2nd May 1918 ROLL OF HONOR. NANCARROW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Killed in Action, 12th October, 1917, in France (Passchendale) previously reported missing, Claude E. Nancarrow, dearly loved husband and father, M. Nancarrow, Ernie, Jack and Iris, Ourimbah.

Gosford Times 1919 ROLL OF HONOR NANCARROW â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In sad but loving memory of my dearest husband and our father, Private C.E. Nancarrow, killed in France, 12th 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