LABRAM, Clifford Jabez Roy
| Service Number: | 1068 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Southwark, South Australia, Australia, 10 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street State School, Thebarton Public School, Hindmarsh Public School, Sturt Street Public School |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine Cleaner (S.A.R) |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Ypres, Belgium, 14 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI C 1 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh WW1 Roll of Honour Heroes of the Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1068, Morphettville, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bugler, 1068, 4th Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Bugler, 1068, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1068, 4th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 Apr 1917: | Wounded Private, 1068, 4th Field Ambulance, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Leg wound | |
| 13 Oct 1917: | Wounded Lance Corporal, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, 2nd occasion - Shell wound (right arm, both legs) | |
| 14 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1068, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1068 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Labram, of 15, Winwood St., Southwark, Adelaide, South Australia.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR BOY WHO LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR OTHERS
Biography
Awarded the Military Medal 17 Oct 1917 - For saving wounded soldiers at Zonnebeke
"LATE TEMPORARY CPL. C. LABRAM.
Mr. and Mrs. Labram have received news of the death of their son, Temporary Cpl. Clifford Labram, who died of gunshot wounds in the right arm and both legs at a casualty cleaning station. He was born at Southwark, and was 22 years and five months of age. He received his education at the Thebarton and Hindmarsh Public Schools. At the time of his enlistment he was a cleaner at Mile End Locomotive Sheds. He left Adelaide on November 22, 1914, with the 16th Battalion as trumpeter with the field ambulance. He was at the memorable landing on Gallipoli, and during his stay there was noted for his cheerfulness, bravely, and self-denial for others. He had several narrow escapes on Gallipoli, and once walked in his sleep into Schrapnel Gully, and right into a zone of snipers, yet he returned unhurt. On another occasion he had the heel of one of his boots shot away, but escaped harm. Yet again, when he was acting as a stretcher bearer with a comrade and carrying a wounded soldier, both the wounded man and the comrade were killed, and Cpl. Labram received only an injury to an elbow. He was ill at Malta with double pneumonia for four months. Later he went to Egypt, where for several months he was engaged in signalling work. In May, 1916, he went to England, was trumpeter at various camps, and about February last proceeded to France as a private. He was wounded on April 2, and was sent to a hospital at Rouen. After remaining there for several weeks, in July he was again in the firing line. Then he received the wounds from which he died." - from the Adelaide Observer 10 Nov 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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