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Joseph CLIFFORD

Regimental number1630
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolState School, Mildura, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBroken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs G H Hunt, Oxide Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Date of death7 June 1917
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 273), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
See SCULLEN", the true family name. Son of Emily SIMONS (formerly SCULLEN), Bromfield Street, Colac, Victoria, and the late Thomas SCULLEN. Native of Mildura, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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