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1206602 Pte. Dudley Joseph Clift Australian Imperial Force 20th Btn. from:Maitland, New South Wales (d.28th March 1917) Dudley Joseph Clift from Maitland, Breeza Station, New South Wales, Australia, enlisted on 30th March 1915 and was assigned to 2nd Division, 5th brigade, 20th Battalion, C Coy. AIF. He was born in 1883, the son of Joseph Henry Clift and Florence Augusta Ransome Clift (nee Maitland),and worked on the family pastoral property and as a Stock and Station Agent before his enlistment. Dudley's unit was sent to the Gallipoli Penisula, arriving there in August 1915. In July 1916 he arrived in France and was hospitalised on and off for various illnesses, including mumps, till he rejoined his unit on 6th February 1917. The unit was engaged in action near Martinpuich, north of Albert when, on 2nd March 1917, Dudley received 5 gun shot wounds and was treated at the 1/1 SMCCS before being transferred to the 9th General Hospital in Rouen. He died on 28th March 1917 of septicaemia and is buried in the St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**