RIGBY, Clifford Raymond
| Service Numbers: | 1109, V351283 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Hamilton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 9 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Hamilton, Victoria, 27 March 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gritjurk Public School & North Hamilton Public School |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1109, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Hamilton, Victoria | |
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| 4 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1109, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1109, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1109, Corps Troop Signal Coy |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, V351283, Hamilton, Victoria | |
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| 9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, V351283 | |
| 8 Jun 1944: | Discharged Warrant Officer Class 2, V351283, 9 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Diary July/August 1916
July 1st to 8th
Things pretty quiet. We received word to remove to Neuve Eglise on the 7th of July. Shifted to Neuve Eglise & stopped there until the 10th we received hurried orders to go to Steenwerk there we spent Sunday 10th July (Sunday was actually 9th July in 1916 – ed). Monday 11th we left for ------------ (blurred and unclear, most likely Strazeele – ed), a small town on the road to St Omer. We spent the night in Strazeele. On the 9th we went on our way to St Omer. Arrived there about 2.30pm entrained 4.30 and moved off at 5. 8pm went through Pont D’Ardres, Les Attaques & Calais, Boulogne (Boulogne-sur-Mer – ed) on to Amiens Nth at 3.30am. Detrained & on to Chapelle Vaux. Stayed there the night and next day joined our own brigade at St Sauver. Stayed there for a few days and on Sunday 16th we left for Rainneville where we stayed to 18th. This place is really a rainy ville as it rained all the time we were there. Left there on 18th for Louvencourt but then went on to Pushvillers (sic, Puchevillers – ed). Stayed there until 20th & on to Lealvillers & on to Varennes. We stayed there until 27th & then on to Albert & into the trenches. It is quiet where we are and plenty of horses & transport all round. The weather is very hot but we are all ok. We have terrific bombardments here every night. Terrific casualty lists. Boys to hop over tonight the 4th of August (2 years war).
August 5th
Last night we had a terrific bombardment. Our boys hopped the parapets & took their objective with very few casualties. Our aeroplanes are very busy. The boys are to go over again tonight. Weather changed to cool again.
August 6th
Day pretty quiet. Germans found our camp & shelled it slightly. In the afternoon we had to go out to bring wagon from trenches. We camped on Tara Hill for the night. The Germans shelled us all night shells landing all round us. Killed Major Manning, Capt Plant, Capt Bland & a Lt in the dugout.
August 7th
About 4.30am on the morning of the 7th we left Tara Hill & went through to the camp at Albert. About dinner time we packed up and left Albert on the road to Warloy. Passed through Millencourt, Hedencourt (sic, Henencourt – ed) & arrived at Warloy at about 2pm. Stayed there for the night.
Submitted 21 July 2016 by Damian Rigby
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