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Feb 13, 1883
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Born in London,
England to Charles Walter and Katherine Mary (nee Laight) Clifford
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Sep 5, 1908
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Married to
Caroline Matilda Ward in Kingston, Ontario
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Nov 3, 1914
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Attested into the
21st Battalion CEF in Kingston, Ontario
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Number 59170
(temporary number 51)
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Next of kin given
as Caroline Clifford, wife, McDonald St., Kingston, Ontario
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Previous
occupation given as Carpenter
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Previous military
experience given as 6 years in the 14th
Regiment, Princess of Wales’ Own Rifles
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Religion given as
Church of England
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Posted to
“A” Company
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Later posted to
the Quartermaster’s Section
The
battalion trained in the Kingston area through the winter with
headquarters in the Kingston Armouries
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Nov 10, 1914
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Appointed to the
Provisional Rank of Lance Corporal without pay
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May 6, 1915
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Embarked the RMS
Metagama in Montreal, Quebec
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May 15, 1915
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Disembarked in
Devonport, England and the battalion proceeded to the West Sandling
Camp, near Hythe, Kent to continue training
To
draw pay for rank of Lance Corporal
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Jul 1, 1915
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Confirmed in the
appointment to the rank of Lance Corporal
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While training in England, the men dug practice trenches. L/Cpl Clifford is shown
below pretending to play a guitar while taking a break from training
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Aug 27, 1915
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Promoted to the
rank of Corporal to replace Cpl CP Burke who
had reverted to the rank of Private
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Sep 14, 1915
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Embarked the St.
Seiriol in Folkestone
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Sep 15, 1915
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Disembarked in
Boulogne, France and the battalion proceeded to St. Omer
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Mar 20, 1916
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Granted 9 days
leave
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Apr 23, 1916
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Admitted to the
No. 6 CFA (Canadian Field Ambulance) with a diagnosis that reads
Tapeworm. 20 to 30
feet of worm was removed, but the head was not found.
He was transferred the same day to the
Division Rest Station at the No. 5 Canadian Field Ambulance
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Apr 26, 1916
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Transferred to the
No. 4 Canadian Field Ambulance
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May 4, 1916
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Transferred to the
North Midlands Casualty Clearing Station at Mont Des Cats and the
diagnosis was changed to read Taenia Solium Infection, a Pork Tapeworm
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May 10, 1916
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Discharged to duty
and rejoined the 21st Battalion
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Aug 17, 1916
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Reverted to the
rank of Private at his own request
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Nov 3, 1916
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Awarded the Good
Conduct Badge
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Aug 24, 1917
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Granted 10 days
leave
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Sep 6, 1917
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Rejoined the
battalion from leave
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Sep 7, 1918
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Granted 14 days
leave
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Sep 24, 1918
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Rejoined the
battalion from leave
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Dec 13, 1918
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Private Clifford
was with the 21st Battalion when it crossed the
Bonn Bridge to enter Germany as part of the Occupying Force
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Apr 3, 1919
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Embarked the
Western Australia in Havre, France
On
disembarking in England he was posted to “P” Wing
in Witley pending return to Canada
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May 14, 1919
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Embarked the SS
Caronia in Liverpool
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May 22, 1919
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Disembarked in
Halifax, Nova Scotia and proceeded by train to Kingston, Ontario
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May 24, 1919
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Taken On Strength
the Casualty Company, Military District #3, Kingston
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May 30, 1919
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Admitted to the
Queen’s University Hospital Kingston where he is noted as
passing segments of a Tapeworm
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Jun 2, 1919
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Granted leave with
subsistence until June 16, 1919
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Aug 11, 1919
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A large mass of
segments and complete head of Tapeworm was passed
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Aug 16, 1919
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Medical Board in
Kingston notes
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Segments of Tape
Worm first noticed in stool at Christmas, 1915
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He became easily
exhausted and dizzy on exertion
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Appetited good but
has lost weight
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Recommended for
discharge
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Aug 19, 1919
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Discharged to duty
from hospital
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Aug 21, 1919
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Discharged from
the CEF in Kingston, Ontario
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Rank on discharge
Private
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War Service Badge
Class “A” issued number 214011
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Proposed residence
on discharge McDonald St., Kingston, Ontario
Following
his discharge, the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medals
were sent to him at McDonald St., Kingston, Ontario
Walter
Clifford rejoined the Princess of Wales’ Own Rifles after his
discharge from the CEF and rose to the rank of Sergeant in the
Headquarters Company
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Dec 11, 1921
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Walter Clifford
was a member of the Colour Party when the 21st
Battalion Colours were laid up in St. George’s Cathedral in
Kingston
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Oct 4, 1946
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Walter Clifford
died while a patient of the Kingston Veteran’s Hospital of
Prostate Cancer and was buried in the Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston
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