Leslie CLIFFORD

CLIFFORD, Leslie

Service Number: 274
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
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World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 274, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Sydney,NSW
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

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Biography 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

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