James Horace (Jim) CLIFFORD

CLIFFORD, James Horace

Service Number: N160028
Enlisted: 17 May 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1920
Home Town: Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 1997, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

17 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N160028, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
15 May 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N160028, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Date unknown: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, 61st Infantry Battalion , Bougainville

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Biography contributed by Danielle Clifford

James was a very good morse code signaller. He contracted malaria during the war. He fought in The Battle at Slater's Knoll. 

James was able to receive leave to marry in 1945 and in 1946 returned to his home town to start his married life. He and his wife had seven children and many grand-children.