RADCLYFFE, Louis
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 4 April 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | London, England, 11 June 1877 |
Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | London England |
Occupation: | Civil Servant |
Died: | Canberra Community Hosptial, Canberra, ACT, 6 November 1958, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT |
Memorials: | Victorian Treasury Department |
World War 1 Service
4 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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10 May 1915: | Involvement Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
10 May 1915: | Embarked Lieutenant, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Death Of Boer War Veteran
An old Canberra resident and Boer War veteran, Mr. Louis Radclyffe, died in Canberra Community Hospital yesterday, aged 83. Mr. Radclyffe served with Loch's Horse in the Boer War and with the 24th Battalion in World War I. He came to Canberra with the Patents Office in 1933. In the early days of Legacy in the A.C.T., after the First World War, Mr. Radclyffe was an active worker in the branch. He was also a member of the Barton sub-branch of the R.S.L. After his retirement, Mr. Radclyffe settled at Mossy Point. He returned to Canberra a year ago.