Clarence George WHITEFORD

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WHITEFORD, Clarence George

Service Number:	153
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Morphetville, South Australia, Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mile End, South Australia, Australia, 31 December 1892
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Crane Driver
Died:	Killed In Action, Eaucourt-L'Abbaye, Pas de Calais, France, 25 February 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Warlencourt British Cemetery IV. D. 34.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Peterborough 'LOCO' S.A.R. Roll of Honor, Peterborough St Peter's Anglican Church Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphetville, South Australia, Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 153, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 153, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
6 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 153, 10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 17 March 1917

THE LATE LIEUTENANT C. G. WHITEFORD.

Mr. and Mrs. George Whiteford, of Petersburg, have been officially informed that their only son, Lieutenant Clarence George Whiteford, was killed in action in France on February 25. He enlisted in August, 1914, and went to Egypt that year. He went through the campaign at Gallipoli and then on to France, where he was in action all the while save for ten days' holiday in England last December. His death wound was the first he received in action. He was 23 years of age. Previous to enlisting he was employed at the loco. sheds, Petersburg, as coal-crane driver. He was a member of the Druids' Lodge.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article87437874 (nla.gov.au)

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