SEARLE, Clifford James
| Service Number: | 3896 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Redfern New South Wales Australia, 12 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Warehouseman |
| Died: | War Veterans Narrabeen New South Wales Australia, 25 October 1981, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3896, 5th Field Ambulance | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 3896, 5th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 3896, 5th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3896, 5th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 23 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3896, 5th Field Ambulance, Disembarked Marseilles France from Alexandria | |
| 2 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Awarded for conspicuous bravery in the field May 3 1917 at Ambulance Wagon Loading Post, near Noreuil France | |
| 30 Dec 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 21 Oct 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3896, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Returned to Australia from England disembarked 20 November 1918 discharged medically unfit per Acute RHEUMATISM |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by james atkins
Private 3896 Clifford (Cliff) James Searle MM
Service in - Egypt - Gallipoli - Western Front
Cliff was the son of James and Emma Searle of Marrickville NSW his father James played cricket for NSW and was involved in establishing Baseball there and inducted into the Baseball hall of fame in 2005 he was president of the Manly District Cricket Club with which his two sons Clifford and James have been actively associated
While serving in 5th Field Ambulance in France Clifford and 2902 A.T.A. Watters were awarded
The Military Medal for conspicuous bravery in the field
After the war Cliff married Dorothy Gladys Burns and they had two sons Clifford Edwin & James Lloyd and he worked at his father’s sports store James Searle & Sons 315 Pitt St Sydney
Clifford’s son Clifford Edwin Searle 37291 WO, served in The Royal Australian Air Force WWII - 1941 to 1946
Clifford’s cousins that served in the AIF - WWI
1st & 5th Field ambulance and one in the 9th battalion
Arthur - served in Egypt and Gallipoli
1st Field Ambulance
Albert - served in Egypt -
1st Australian Dermatological Hospital
Henry – served in - Egypt – Western Front
9th Infantry Battalion A.I.F.
Frederick – served in - Egypt - Western Front
5th Field Ambulance
Was Killed in action Ypres, Belgium age 33
Contribution From – James Atkins
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