MARR, Clifford Roy
| Service Number: | 1000 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 18 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Trinity Hill School Hobart, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 July 1918, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Querrieu British Cemetery, Picardie Row C, Grave No. 41, Querrieu British Cemetery, Querrieu, Picardie, France, St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yorketown Bublacowie Pictorial Honour Roll, Yorketown and District of Melville Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1000, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 1000, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 1000, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 11th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 6 Jul 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 1000, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1000 awm_unit: 42nd Battery 11th Brigade Australian Field Artillery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-07-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Clifford Roy Marr joined the AIF in Yorketown, South Australia where he and his older brother Jack had a fruit shop. He had been born and raised in Hobart Tasmania. When Cliff joined the Army on the 2 June 1915, he was only 17 years and 2 months of age as he had been born in April of 1898. He was a farm assistant at the time, next of kin was his mother Mrs. Susan Marr at Yorketown. He had been in the senior cadets for 1 year in Hobart in the 93rd Battalion.
On the 6 July 1918 he was killed in action when a piece of shell hit him when he was serving ammunition to his gun.
His brother ‘Jack’ 5029 Private John Thomas Henry Marr 27th Battalion had also been killed in action at Flers on the 5 November 1916, age 26.
A witness to Cliff’s death was 1697 Sergeant Hubert Hartshorn, "Marr was one of my gunners. He came, I think, from Tasmania, but enlisted in S. Australia. I saw him killed one afternoon in early July by shell fire at Vaux whilst serving the guns. He was stuck by a chance shell in the chest and was rendered quite unconscious, passing away about 1 minute later. His body was taken down to the wagon lines where I assisted to bury him in the cemetery the following day. Padre Stephenson, belonging to I think the 10th. Bgde, and with his unit when I left it on the night of October 1st conducted the service. Marr was not more than 19 years of age. I had known him for 3 years and can truthfully say that he was one of the best boys I ever had charge of. I felt his loss most keenly."
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