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Clifford Alan ELLEM

Regimental number430
Place of birthSouth Grafton New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressKyogle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Isabell Ellem, Pyro, Casino, New South Wales
Enlistment date27 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 12, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/17/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 9 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 642 Sergeant Boyd Alexander ELLEM, 41st Bn, killed in action, 29 September 1918; 888 Pte David Harold ELLEM, 15th Bn, killed in action, 1 May 1915; 3749 Sergeant Rowland Clarence ELLEM, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 5 April 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death28 September 1981

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