Clifton Alfred Ellis (Cliff) POTTAGE

POTTAGE, Clifton Alfred Ellis

Service Number: 6563
Enlisted: 19 August 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Gunner
Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Kurrumburra, Victoria, 24 January 1895
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Portland State School, Ararat State School and Kensington State School
Occupation: Compositor's apprentice
Died: Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 28 March 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6563, Melbourne, Victoria
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, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Clifton Alfred Ellis POTTAGE was born in Kurrumburra, Victoria in 1895

His parents were Henry POTTAGE & Edith Laura TUCKER