S33262
TILBROOK, Clifford Burt
Service Numbers: | 746, S71258 |
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Enlisted: | 16 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 5th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Born: | Minlaton, South Australia, 1 September 1898 |
Home Town: | Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Schooling: | Minalton Public School |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 1965 |
Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
Memorials: | Minlaton War Memorial WW1 |
World War 1 Service
16 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 746, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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9 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 746, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
9 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 746, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
5 Jun 1917: | Wounded GSW - left hand, thigh and finger | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 746, 13th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
18 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, S71258 | |
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18 May 1942: | Enlisted Private, S71258, Port Neill, South Australia | |
19 May 1942: | Involvement Corporal, S71258, 5th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
30 Nov 1945: | Discharged Corporal, S71258, 5th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Awarded the Military Medal
During service in France;
Awarded Military Medal by corps commander on 24 Feb 1917.
"At Armentieres on night of 19-20 Feb 1917, Pte. Tilbrook acted as a stretcher bearer to a raiding party. Under heavy fire he rendered first aid to a number of wounded men until he collapsed from exhaustion. Throughout the whole operation he displayed great courage and coolness while attending to wounded men."
Wounded in Action 5 June 1917
Returned to Australia 24 October 1917 per "Benalla"
Discharged 8 November 1917
Died 1965 and buried at Enfield Memorial Park (Memorial Inscription)
Submitted 21 January 2016 by Bronte Tilbrook
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