CAMBRIDGE, Clive
| Service Number: | NX53055 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 8 October 1904 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Windsor Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Laundry Carter |
| Died: | Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia, 26 April 1981, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Matthew's Anglican Church Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX53055 | |
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| 9 May 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53055, embarked Sydney for Middle East with US Convoy 10 | |
| 17 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53055, embarked Middle East for Adelaide on board HMT Strathallen | |
| 3 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53055, embarked Brisbane for Port Moresby on board JW Grimes | |
| 9 Jul 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53055, embarked Moresby for Townsville on board Canberra | |
| 29 Dec 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal | |
| 23 Apr 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX53055, embarked Townsville for Morotai on board General McRae | |
| 4 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX53055, emplaned Morotai for Townsville | |
| 23 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX53055 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lance Corporal Clive Cambridge (Service No:NX53055) enlisted in the AIF on 5 July 1940 as a Private and served in the Middle East (9 April 1941 - 17 March 1942) and in New Guinea (2 August 1942 - 9 July 1944) with 2/33 Australian General Depot Coy ASC. Promoted to Lance Corporal on 29 December 1944, he served in Morotai (23 April 1945 - 4 September 1945) and was attached to 2/44 Transport Platoon at Discharge on 23 November 1945. Older brothers Thomas and Keith served in WWI, and Thomas and Rolf served in WWII.
Clive (known as Nipper to his family) was born in Windsor, NSW in 1904, youngest of eight children of Thomas William Cambridge (b1860 in Sydney, NSW) and Alice Amelia Haslem (b1859 in Maitland, NSW). Thomas was a Letter Carrier - 3rd generation, following in his father's and grandfather's footsteps - in 1886 when he and Alice married in Windsor, where they settled and raised their family. Thomas delivered the mail on horseback, and was renowned for 'his unwavering courtesy and obliging nature' (Trove: Obituary 1942).
Clive worked in Sydney as a Laundry Carter before enlisting in the AIF in 1940 and. following his Discharge, returned to Sydney where he worked as a Driver. In the mid 1960s in Sydney, Clive married Effie Wynne Wilson (nee Morris; b1906 in Sydney, NSW). The couple settled in Potts Point in Sydney, where Clive worked as a Driver. Clive died in 1981 and Effie in 2000.
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