LIDDLE, Clarence
| Service Number: | 2688 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Angaston, South Australia, 1 September 1895 |
| Home Town: | Highgate, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 20 November 1972, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lower North Adelaide War Memorial WW1, North Adelaide Christ Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 2 Sep 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2688, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' |
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| 2 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2688, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2688, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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"...Australian Prisoner of War, 2688 Private Clarence Liddle, 10th Battalion, from Rosefield, South Australia. Pte Liddle enlisted at the age of 19 on 5 May 1915 and embarked for overseas on 2 September 1915 aboard HMAT Anchises. Following service at Gallipoli, he went on to serve on the Western Front where he was captured at Pozieres, France, on 22 August 1916. He was held as a POW at Dulmen and Munster in Germany until repatriated to England on 2 December 1918. Pte Liddle arrived back in Australia on 18 April 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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