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Clifford Vernon LOVE

Regimental number421
Place of birthWalcha, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Address2 Denison Street, Manly, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinEliza Love, 2 Denison Street, Manly, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A23 Suffolk on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 December 1916
Place of death or woundingGuedecourt, near Bapaume, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Eliza LOVE, Sydney. Native of Walcha
Family/military connectionsTwo other brothers both older one died eight months after himself the older brother was spared to come home.
Miscellaneous detailsAlso embarked INF2REIN18 as Clifford Victor

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