Love, Clifford Vernon

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Love, Clifford Vernon

Service ServiceNumber Number1494 421 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 24th December 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula Flers, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Love, Clifford Vernon

SERVICE NO

421

UNIT

2nd Battalion/

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

20 yrs 4 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Walcha, NSW

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

17 Aug 1914

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Sydney

NEXT OF KIN

Mother;- Eliza Love, several addresses- including Peats Ridge, via Gosford Father died c1907 Height-5’ 10”. Weight-154lbs. Chest-34½-36½”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Dark Brown. Moles on back/ operation for Fistula abt 3 yrs ago giving him no trouble.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

From 1 Jul 1912 – 18th Regiment -Militia-serving

RELIGION EMBARKED

18 Oct 1914/ & again 5 Jun 1916-Sydney per

DISEMBARKED

6 Dec 1914 Egypt /& again 3 Aug 1916- Plymouth

NOTES

29 Jan 1916 -Returned to Australia ex Sues per “Suffolk”

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

25 Apr 1915- Wounded- Gallipoli-re-joined unit 2 Jun 1915/ 22 Jun 1915-Gallipoli- BW Chest Penetratingret active duty 18 Nov 1915/ 10 Nov 1915- Hosp- Malaria- Invalided to Australia 24 Dec 1916-Killed instantly by Shell explosion, just after midnight @ Flers, France Nr Guildecourt, to the right of Flers (Chalk Pit Cemetery) Re-buried-Bancourt Brit Cem. Plot 8 Row C Gve 20 1¼ miles East of Bapaume, France 1914-15 Star-10178, British War Medal-2351, Victory Medal-2351. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-300828. Widowed mother

DIED BURIED MEDALS DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Money belt, wrist watch & strap, watch protector, purse, stamps, photo wallet, photos, postcards, letters, wallet, receipt/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Mother / Commonwealth Saving Bank/

Gosford Times 25th January 1917 KILLED IN ACTION. News was received last week that Sergeant Cliff Love had fallen in France on December 24th. Sergeant Love, with his brother, was for some time engaged in orcharding on Mangrove Mt. He enlisted on the outbreak of war, and was wounded at Gallipoli. After recovering from his wounds he did police duties in Egypt and then returned to Australia as escort. After a few weeks furlough here, he again obeyed the call and sailed for France with the rank of Sergeant, and had only been a few weeks in the firing line when he fell. Sergeant Love has two brothers at present on active service. After two years and five monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; service he gave his life for the cause of Freedom and Justice.

Gosford Times 13th June 1918 RETURNED FROM WAR. Sergeant A.J. Love has returned from the war after 3 years 5 monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; active service, 18 months od which he spent in Egypt and Gallipoli (where he was wounded) and 20 months in the trenches in France, where he came through without a scratch, but was allowed to come home for family reasons. He lost his brothers in France, Cliff (who enlisted from mangrove Mt) being killed in action on 24th December, 1915, while fighting on the Somme, and the other brother died after an operation for appendicitis. Prior to enlisting Sergeant Love owned to local news agency, but on the sad death of his wife he sold out to Mr Holmes and went to war. While at Gosford he was a very popular man, and we are all glad to see him back safe and sound.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8205310

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