Pvt.
Thomas
Richard Ireland
Clugston
Born in New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Clugston
and Emily Ann (Ireland) Clugston
Brother of
Samuel George Clugston, Eliza J. (Clugston) Bagust, Dolleina May (Clugston) Wilson, Robert Stanley Herbert Clugston, Pearl Isabel Emily (Clugston) Flanagan, Gladys Evelyn Gwendoline (Clugston) O'Keeffe, Thelma Ruby Norma (Clugston) Fletcher, Eric Lionel Neville Clugston, Ian Russell Malcolm Clugston, Athol Gregory Clugston and Lyle McKenzie Clugston
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 22
in Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Aug 2017
This page has been accessed 58 times.
Biography
Thomas Clugston is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Private Thomas Clugston was killed in action during World War I.
Thomas Richard Ireland Clugston was born in 1895 to Thomas Clugston and Emily Ann Ireland. [1]
He died on Oct. 19, 1917 and his sacrifice was immortalized at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
Sources
- ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Thomas R I CLUGSTON. Birth. Registration number 34183/1895. District Milton. Father Thomas, Mother Emily A. Accessed 27 Apr 2023 Births search page
- National Archives of Australia, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920. CLUGSTON Thomas Richard Ireland : SERN 3370 NAA: B2455, CLUGSTON T R I
- Roll of Honour. (Australian War Memorial, http://www.awm.gov.au : accessed 27 Apr 2023) Thomas Richard Ireland Clugston Service number 3370, Rank: Private, Unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Date of death: 19 Oct 1917, Place of death: Belgium, Age at death 21, Cause of death: Killed in action, Memorial: Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 April 2023), memorial page for Private Thomas Richard Ireland Clugston (1895–19 Oct 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #11986067, citing Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium; Maintained by Digger (contributor 50072026).
- Thomas Richard Ireland Clugston as part of the Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree Project
Is Thomas your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
-
~3.12%
Tabitha Humphries
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fetemirage3
-
~3.12%
Waud Waud :
MyHeritage DNA
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Featured National Park champion connections: Thomas is 18 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 22 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 17 degrees from George Catlin, 20 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 28 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 17 degrees from George Grinnell, 27 degrees from Anton Kröller, 20 degrees from Stephen Mather, 17 degrees from Kara McKean, 20 degrees from John Muir, 17 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 31 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
C > Clugston > Thomas Richard Ireland Clugston
Categories: 52nd Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Australia, Pick a Soldier, Plant a Tree | Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders | Anzacs, World War I | Killed in Action, Australia, World War I