8th Infantry Battalion
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Clarence Hunter Wade (SN 95) born at Ballarat, was a 21 year old cycle mechanic when he enlisted in Ballarat on August 17th 1914. With the 8th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Benalla on October 19th and sailed to Egypt before the landing at Gallipoli on April 25th 1915. In early May he suffered a gunshot wound to his hand and was evacuated first to Malta and then on to England where it was decided he should be returned to Australia. He returned aboard the Suevic and was discharged medically unfit on January 5th 1916.
