Clarence John Braybrook (SN 1709) born at Mt Clear, was a 19 year old butcher when he enlisted at Ballarat on January 15th 1915. On April 17th he embarked aboard the Hororata, first to Egypt then in July he landed at Gallipoli to serve with the 8th Infantry Battalion. In August he sustained shrapnel wounds to his chest and arm and was evacuated to hospital in Cairo. He rejoined his unit six weeks later and remained at Gallipoli until the evacuation. In March 1916 his unit moved to France where, in July, he received a severe gunshot wound to his leg and was again evacuated, returning in October. In early 1918 his mental health was in decline and he was experiencing delusions. On several occasions he went absent without leave, and was reported to have had thoughts of self-harm. He was returned to Australia aboard the Boonah and disembarked on September 20th 1918. He was hospitalised upon his return until he was discharged as ‘medically unfit, dementia attributable to his military service’ on March 11th 1921. He died in December 1939 at the age of 43.

His brothers Lawrence and William also served in the AIF and are honoured with trees in the Avenue.