Clifford Gordon CORNWALL

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CORNWALL, Clifford Gordon

Service Number:	1144
Enlisted:	16 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Brompton, South Australia, 29 December 1887
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1144, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1144, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography

"...1144 Private (Pte) Clifford Gordon Cornwall, 16th Battalion. A labourer of Norwood, SA, he enlisted on 16 September 1914 and sailed from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic with G Company, on 22 December 1914. He was killed in action on 2 May 1915, aged 26, at Anzac Cove, and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

"THE LATE PRIVATE C. G. CORNWALL.

It has been officially reported that Private C. G. Cornwall, who was reported missing twelve months ago, was killed in action on May 2, 1915. He was the third son of the late Mr. J. T. Cornwall, of Brompton, and Mrs. J. French, of Kenilworth-avenue, Norwood. He had worked both at Wallaroo and Port Pirie, where he was well known and held in high esteem by a wide circle of friends." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 03 Jun 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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