MOBBS, Clifford Reginald
Service Number: | SX9655 |
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Enlisted: | 26 July 1940, Wayville, SA |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Murray Bridge, SA, 5 January 1920 |
Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
Schooling: | Thebarton Public School, Thebarton High School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | 24 July 1998, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia West, Rose Bed W82, Position 15 |
Memorials: | City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case |
World War 2 Service
26 Jul 1940: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX9655, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
26 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX9655 | |
10 Sep 1943: | Discharged | |
10 Sep 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX9655 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Owen Roy MOBBS of 4 Harris Street, Norwood. Educated at Thebarton Public and Thebarton High Schools he played cricket and was a keen swimmer. Clifford was a member of the Militia for two years (Norwood Section) and joined the AIF in August 1940. In civilian life he worked for several years in Harrington's Grocery Stores in Norwood. Training at Woodside, he left Australia for the Middle East in October 1940 and fought in Egypt and through the Syrian campaign, returning to Australia in March 1942.