Clifford Charles

1892 - 1917  (25 years)

• Name	Clifford Charles
  Born	27 Aug 1892	,Windsor,NSW,Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Sep 1917	,Ypres,,Belgium   [2, 3]
  	Cause: Killed in action
  Obituary	22 Oct 1917  [4]
  Person ID	I780	GeniAus Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Clifford Charles Edward,   b. 14 Apr 1850, ,,NSW,Australia ,   d. 26 May 1916, Mileham Street,Windsor,NSW,Australia  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	McMahon Mary Elizabeth,   b. 25 Dec 1859, ,Kurrajong, NSW,Australia ,   d. 1919  (Age 59 years)
  Married	1885	,,NSW,Australia
  Family ID	F497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Aug 1892 - ,Windsor,NSW,Australia Died - Cause: Killed in action - 22 Sep 1917 - ,Ypres,,Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] x NSW BDM Indexes, NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, 38724/1892 . CLIFFORD CHARLES CHARLES MARY E WINDSOR [S22] NAA, item 3256824. [S2925] Windsor and Eton Express - Windsor, Berkshire, England, Fri 25 Jan 1918 Page 9 THE LATE CORPORAL CLIFFORD. THE LATE CORPORAL CLIFFORD Mr. H. J. Clifford, Macquarie-street, Wind sor, is in receipt of letter dated 16-11-18 from the Australian Red Cross Society (Infor mation Bureau) respecting his brother, No. 4386. Corporal Charles Clifford, 20th Batta lion : — Dear Sir, — We send you the following copy of a report, which our agents in London have sent to us, consisting of a statement made to them by the soldier whose name appears at the foot of the report: — "I knew him, (Corporal Clifford) well. He was Corporal of my gun in the 8th Platoon. I saw him fall at Ypres on the morning of the 20th of September, 1917. He was killed instantly, and never moved. Private H. Mudford, No 6382, on the same gun, took the gun from him. We held the ground. I heard from a stretcher-bearer that he was buried near where he fell. Private Furlong, of the 20th Battalion, B. Co., stretcher-bearer, was the name of my informant." Informant: Private S. Gascoyne, 6104. 20th Australians, B. Coy., 8th Platoon, Machine Gun Section, Australian Camp, Roselles. Yours faithfully, G. W., RUTHERFORD. The Red Cross Society intimate that they have written to Privates Mudlord and Furlong for further particulars, which will be for- ' warded on when received. [S2] Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 22 October 1917. Official information has been received of the death In action of Private Charles Clifford, youngest son of Mrs. C. Clifford, of Milcham street. Windsor. Before enlistment about two years ago, he was employed In the cleri- cal department of the tramway traffic superin- tendent's office. He was 25 years of; age, and was in charge of a Lewis machine-gun team.