Clifford HEATHCOTE

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HEATHCOTE, Clifford

Service Number:	3857
Enlisted:	17 July 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, November 1888
Home Town:	Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Cambridge Street State School, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in action, France, 10 February 1917
Cemetery:	Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery Row G, Grave 5. HE NOBLY GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US ALL
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3857, 5th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3857, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3857, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3857, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3857 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-10

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Clifford Heathcote was the son of Rowland and Maria Heathcote, of Essendon, Victoria.

He fought at Pozieres and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 1 August 1916. He suffered a gunshot wound to the head a couple of weeks later and was evacuated to England. He rejoined the 5th Battalion in France on the 16 January 1917. He was killed in action only a few weeks later when the 5th Battalion staged a raid on the German trenches to capture an enemy position known as the "Bayonet trench" near Flers. Clifford was reported in his Red Cross file to have killed by shrapnel from a shell burst. This raid was reported a success but 8 men were killed, 40 were wounded and 3 were missing.

Clifford’s brother, 294 Flight Lieutenant Leonard Heathcote, served with Australian Flying Corps and was taken prisoner by Turks in March, 1917. Released in November, 1918, he returned to Australia during March 1919.

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