Topic: AIF - 2B - 7 LHR
7th LHR, AIF
7th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Conyers Clifford
Conyers Clifford
Service number: 929
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 7th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: CLIFFORD, Tpr. Convyers, 929. 7th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th/6th Aug., 1916. Age 19. Son of Patrick Harnett Clifford and Mary Alice Clifford, of Huntingdon, Victoria Avenue, Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales. B. 21.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Conyers Clifford from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 929 |
| School | St Stanislakes, Bathurst, Riverview, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Other training | Nil |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Stockman |
| Address | Riversdale Station, Bredbo, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 18 |
| Next of kin | Father, P.H. Clifford, Victoria Coffee Palace, 208 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | 11 January 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Newcastle, New South Wales, on board HMAT A58 Kabinga on 21 May 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action 5 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Unknown |
| Age at death | 19 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 21), Egypt. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 5 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Patrick Harnett and Mary Alice CLIFFORD, "Huntingdon", Victoria Avenue, Woollahra, Sydney |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 7th LHR, Roll of Honour, Conyers Clifford
