Clifford Clive CHAPPLE

CHAPPLE, Clifford Clive

Service Number: 3776
Enlisted: 2 November 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Jericho, SouthAustralia, 2 March 1893
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 16 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3776, Enlisted at Adelaide
7 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 3776, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 3776, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 3776, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3776 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

15 December 1913 - Clifford married Ethel Victoria Gurr in the Methodist Manse, Morphett Street, Adelaide

2 April 1916 - Taken on strength at Serapeum

5 June 1916 - Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria

12 June 1916 - Dissembarked at Marseilles

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal