Clifford Dawson (Bob) HOLLIDAY

HOLLIDAY, Clifford Dawson

    Service Number: 4801
    Enlisted: 14 September 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 21 December 1894
    Home Town: Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Dubbo Public School, Hornsby Public School, Newington College, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Undergraduate
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Plot I. Row E. Grave 7. Inscription: NOW YOUR NAME IS MARKED; HERE AND IN OUR HEARTS, WITH MEMORIES AND PRAYERS REST: IN PEACE, IN GOD.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hornsby War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
    8 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    8 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
    20 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 2nd Infantry Battalion
    19 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 54th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Caledonian"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 54th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    20 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded In Action -- G.S.W. Jaw
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4801, 54th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4801 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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    “ In the dawn of a splendid manhood, he gave himself, his greatest gift, and wrote as he faced the firing line—‘ I am where I think I ought to be and where I believe God means me to be, and I have no fears for the future for I am in His care"

    Private Clifford Dawson Holliday

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