CLIFTON, George Leake Cecil
| Service Number: | 775 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 12 February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Hale School |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, No 4 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Candas, France, 22 July 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1 IV A 4 |
| Memorials: | Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 1, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 775, 28th Infantry Battalion, Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 775, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 775, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 775, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Royal Flying Corps with rank 2nd Lieutenant |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of Robert Cecil and Rose Louisa Clifton, of Perth, Western Australia.
21 year old Lt. George Leake Cecil Clifton crashed his aircraft in France and died from his injuries on 22 July 1917. He enlisted in Perth after having just turned 19 and was an original member of the 28th Battalion, and served on Gallipoli from late August 1915 and at Pozieres in 1916. He is buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension, near Amiens in France. Lieutenant George Clifton was the son of the State Under-Secretary for Lands in WA, Mr Robert Clifton, and enrolled at Hale School in 1907. His brother, 155 Corporal Alvared R.C. Clifton was at the Landing as an original member of the 11th Battalion, but was returned to Australia, partly blinded, after suffering severe bomb wounds to his right eye, face and both legs during July 1915.
CLIFTON.- On July 23, died of wounds, at No. 3 Canadian Station Hospital, France, Lieutenant George Leake Clifton; R.F.C., third
son of Cecil and Rose Clifton, 231 Adelaide-terrace. Perth.
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