BERRIMAN, Clement Clifford
| Service Number: | 507 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 February 1915, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, Australia, 1 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gawler Public School and Gawler High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Assayer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row L, Grave No. 14), Boesinghe, Belgium, Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Railwaytown War Memorial, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 507, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 507, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Bunyip (Gawler, SA: 1863 - 1954) Friday 19 October 1917
Mr. and Mrs. James Berriman, of Gawler, have received official news that their son, Lt.-Cpl. Cliff Berriman, was killed in action on September 20 The deceased was 23 years of age. He received his education at the Gawler Public and High Schools, and enlisted in February, 1915. He left for Egypt in May of that year, and was taken ill at Gallipoli in September, suffering from enteric fever. After spending a period in England he rejoined his battalion in France, in July, 1916, and later was again sent to England as a sufferer from trench feet. He rejoined a third time in June last, and spent the last four months in fighting the enemy. Deceased was a keen sportsman, and whilst in Gawler was a member of the Lyric cricket club and the Central football club. He was also a member of the Todd- Street Methodist choir, and had a large circle of friends. Prior to enlisting L.-Cpl. Berriman was employed at Block 10 mine, Broken Hill, in the assaying department
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