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CLIFT, Howard Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 3531, S503 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Aldinga, South Australia, 19 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 15 July 1969, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Willunga Cheer Up Society Pictorial Honour Board, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3531 | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3531, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3531, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Sep 1940: | Involvement Private, S503 | |
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| 4 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Keswick, SA | |
| 4 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S503 | |
| 4 May 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Cates
Howard Clift grew up in Willunga as part of a family of eleven children. He was single and working as a farm Labourer at the time he enlisted, aged 25.
His unit arrived in France on 5 December 1916. He later suffered from scabies and also caught mumps, so was hospitalised. Rejoining his unit in March 1917, he was wounded in the left knee in October. In April 1918 he wasgassed and evacuated to England, not returning to the front until the end of September 1918.
Once back in Australia he was discharged medically unfit. After the war Howard lived at Loxton and Hamily Bridge. He married Ellen Letitia Millane (Letty) at Maitland on 24 September 1924 andthey had a son, James and daughter Mary.
Howard was living at Seaton Park when he died, aged 76 and is buried at Centennial Park along with his wife Letty who died in 1993.
Excerpt from the book "A Picture of Fortitude" with approval by the Willunga Recreational Park.
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