CAZALET, Clement Marshall
(Service number 15/16)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank | Second Lieutenant |
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Birth
| Date | 5 April 1887 | Place of Birth | Moscow, Russia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 11 August 1914 | Age | 27 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Terako, Waiau, North Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Sheep farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Charterhouse Cadets, Eastbourne Volunteers | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | W.L. Cazalet, C/- Robbeck Bros, Jervis Place, Bournemouth, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | NZ Infantry Brigade Headquarters | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914) |
| Other Units Served With | Seconded to 10th Nelson Mounted Rifles as surplus to establishment | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Infantry Brigade, Headquarters | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian & Gallipoli | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 August 1915 | Age | 28 |
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| Place of Death | At sea aboard HMHS Dunluce Castle, ex Gallipoli | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial; Woodbury War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Clement was born in Moscow, Russia, on 5 April 1887, the son of William Lewis and Helen Mary (nee Marshall) Cazalet. Mr Cazalet was a member of one of the English expatriate families, known as the Anglo Russians, who were part of the business and trading community, in St Petersburg and Moscow. Their family had at one time run a sugar refinery at Ekaterinoff, and had for many years been merchants trading between Russia and England. Clement had been educated at Charterhouse, where he had been a member of the Charterhouse Cadets and later, in the Eastbourne Volunteers. He had been in New Zealand for two years, with the object of farming here. Previous to that, he was for some years in his father’s business in Moscow. While in New Zealand he was working on the Orari Gorge Station for B.H. Tripp, and also on the Terako Station, in North Canterbury.
As he had knowledge of French, German and Russian, on war breaking out, Clement offered his services to the Government as an interpreter, and enlisted at Wellington on 11 August 1914. Described as being Anglican, single, 5 foot 9 inches tall, weighing 11 stone, chest measuring 33 inches, of fair complexion, eyes grey/blue, hair light brown and having good teeth. He nominated his father, William Lewis Cazalet care of Robbeck Brothers, Jervis Place, Bournemouth, England, as his next of kin. Before proceeding overseas, he assisted the censors in Wellington, translating letters etc. He left Wellington with the Main Body on 16 October 1914, aboard the Maunganui, bound for Suez, Egypt, arriving at Alexandria on 3 December. On 24 September 1914, he was appointed as Interpreter to the NZ Infantry Brigade Headquarters. Whilst in Egypt, he had a desire to wear a Regimental Badge, and on 26 March 1915, he was gazetted to be Second Lieutenant, surplus to establishment, to the 10th Nelson Mounted Rifles. The 25 April 1915 saw him landing on Gallipoli where he was transferred to the NZ Infantry Brigade Headquarters. On 7 August, while he was acting as staff-officer to Brigadier General Earl Johnston, he was wounded in action, and died aboard the hospital ship Dunluce Castle the next day (8 August). As was usual with those who died aboard hospital ships, he was buried at sea. He is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC, Gallipoli, number 71.
After war’s end, his father was forwarded his medals; the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal, along with a scroll and plaque.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database (July 2015); Archives NZ (Personnel File); Dominion, 14 September 1915, via http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DOM19150914; ancestry.com.au
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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald; Ted Hansen, SC branch NZSG
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