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CLIFFORD, Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 274 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney,NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bredbo, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Riverview School, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Baby 700 Cemetery, Anzac Row D, Grave 25, Baby 700 Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bredbo District Roll of Honour WW1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 274, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney,NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 274, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 274, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Patrick Harnett Clifford and Mary Alice Clifford of 'Riversdale Station', Bredbo, NSW.
Brother of Alice O'Hara nee Clifford of Alison Road, Randwick, NSW and Conyers Clifford who was killed in action on 5 August 1916 while serving with the 7th Light Horse Regiment and is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery. Row B, Grave 21
Next of kin given as his grandfather William Cosgove of 'Riversdale Station', Bredbo, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal