TICKNER, Clifford
| Service Number: | 5469 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1915, Goulburn, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Tallong, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bungonia Public School |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood XVII C II |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moss Vale & District Pictorial Honour Roll, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5469, 1st Infantry Battalion, Goulburn, NSW | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5469, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5469, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 5469, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5469 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert Edward and Elizabeth Martha Tickner.
Goulburn and the War.
PRIVATE CLIFFORD TICKNER KILLED.
On Tuesday the sad news reached Mr. R. E. Tickner, of Tallong, that his son Clifford, who was only 19 years of age, had been killed. He left Australia in April of 1916, and landed in Egypt, and in June of last year was transferred to France.
TICKNER - In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Ptd. Clifford Tickner, killed in action, September 27, 1917, Polygon Wood, aged 20 years.
We loved him in life.
We'll ne'er forget him in death
Inserted by his loving father, mothers, sisters and brothers.
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