SCHMUTTER, Clifford Victor
| Service Number: | 4557 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 October 1915, Annandale, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 22 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Armidale District School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer, Labourer, Railway Night Officer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 August 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial: Woronora Memorial Park Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia. Ang AD 0353. |
| Memorials: | Armidale Loyal New England Union Lodge No 37 MUIOOF Roll of Honor, Armidale Memorial Fountain, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4557, Annandale, NSW |
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World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4557, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4557, 3rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
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Clifford Victor SCHMUTTER was born in Armidale, NSW in 1891
His parents were Henry SCHMUTTER & Matilda ROSE who married in Paterson, NSW in 1891
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Clifford Victor Kingston SCHMUTTER, (Service Number 4557) was born on 22nd November 1891 at Armidale. He began working or the NSW Railways as a gatekeeper in the Murrurundi District from 1st March 1910. In 1911 he became a junior porter at Glen Innes. When he turned 21 in 1912 he became a porter. On 24th June 1913 he became a night officer at Ben Lomond and then Glencoe. In November 1914 he took on the role of relief night officer in the Murrurundi District.
Schmutter was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces on 22nd October 1915, having already enlisted at Armidale three weeks before. He gave his father Henry Sheldon, living in Armidale, as his next of kin. Henry had clearly changed his name away from the German ‘Schmutter’. Allotted to the 14th Reinforcements of the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion he embarked RMS ‘Osterley’ at Sydney on 15th January 1916.
On 29th March 1916 he left Alexandria (Egypt) to join the British Expeditionary force on the Western Front in France, passing through Marseilles on 4th April. He was taken on the strength of the 3rd Battalion on 8th June.
Schmutter was killed in action on 17th August 1916. He was buried ¾ mile N of Pozières and 4¼ miles NE of Albert.
After the war his grave could not be located, and he is now remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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