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CLIFTON, Frederick Charles

Service Number:	780
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Creswick, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	North Creswick State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Metal ceiling fixer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Panel 26
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll, Creswick Honor Roll, Creswick School Pictorial Roll of Honour, Creswick War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, North Creswick State School No 2041 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 780, 6th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 780, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 780, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 780, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 780, 6th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Wounded in arm and leg during the charge on German Officer's Trench on 7 August. Evacuated to CCS however died the same day.

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