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Clarence Albert Blomeley (SN 52) was a 20 year old clerk from Barkly Street in Ballarat East when he enlisted on August 19th 1914. He was attached to the Australian Medical Corps and embarked, aboard the Wiltshire, with the first contingent in late October 1914. He served on Gallipoli with the 2nd Field Ambulance until he was evacuated to hospital at Alexandria in late August suffering from dysentery. He rejoined his unit in Egypt in January 1916, before serving right through the war in France. He returned home aboard the Port Sydney in early December 1918.