Charles William CLIFFORD

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CLIFFORD, Charles William

Service Number:	6003
Enlisted:	5 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Terang, Victoria, Australia, 28 July 1893
Home Town:	Terang, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Kolora State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer and grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kolora Honour Roll, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen, Terang War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

5 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6003, 14th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 6003, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 6003, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

It was reported in the local newspapers that Private C. Clifford, son of Mr J.H. Clifford of Kolora, was member of the Noorat Young Men’s Guild and took a lead part in social functions in the district. He went missing at Bullecourt on 11 April 1917 and for a long time there was conjecture that he was a prisoner of the Germans. However, his name did appear on any of the POW lists and he was declared as killed in action by a court of enquiry held in November 1917.

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