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POTTAGE, Clifton Alfred Ellis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6563 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Kurrumburra, Victoria, Australia, 24 January 1895 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Portland State School, Ararat State School and Kensington State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Compositor's apprentice |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 28 March 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6563, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 6563, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 6563, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 28 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 6563, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clifton Alfred Ellis POTTAGE was born in Kurrumburra, Victoria in 1895
His parents were Henry POTTAGE & Edith Laura TUCKER
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