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Clifford Mervyn GEDDES

Regimental number927
Date of birth3 November 1887
Place of birthWarialda, New South Wales
SchoolWarialda Public School; East Maitland Boys' High School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressCyrene, Railway Street, Chatswood, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMrs S Geddes, Cyrene, Railway Street, Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion E Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
No details of embarkation for HQ and A-H Companies entered on Embarkation Roll.
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal RollAIF Headquarters
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Tamworth branch, 6 April 1904 (Clerk; promoted Ledger Keeper, 1 July 1907). Transferred to Warialda branch, August 1907; to Mudgee branch, July 1908 (appointed Teller, 1 January 1911); to Head Office, Sydney, 1913.
FateReturned to Australia 4 June 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Re-embarked from Sydney, 31 October 1917, on board HMAT A14 'Euripides', as Corporal, 56th Bn, 10th Reinforcements.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Sources'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), pp. 147-8.

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