Clifford Sadlier
| Clifford William King Sadlier | |
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Lieutenant Clifford Sadlier in 1918
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| Nickname(s) | Bill |
| Born | 1892 Camberwell, Victoria |
| Died |
28 April 1964 (aged 71) Busselton, Western Australia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service/branch | Australian Imperial Force |
| Years of service | 1915–19 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
| Unit | 51st Battalion |
| Battles/wars |
First World War |
| Awards | Victoria Cross |
First World War
Clifford William King Sadlier, VC (1892 – 28 April 1964) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, Sadlier attended University High School before his family moved to Western Australia while he was still a youth. They settled at Subiaco, Western Australia from where Sadlier, then employed as a commercial traveller, enlisted on 26 May 1915.
Sadlier first embarked on board HT Nestor, posted to the Australian Army Medical Corps and allotted as a reinforcement to 1st Australian General Hospital, with which he served at Heliopolis. In February 1916 he returned to Australia on nursing duty, and on 9 November he re-embarked, on board HMAT AT Argyllshire then as a reinforcement to 51st Battalion.
The 51st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force was raised at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, on 1 March 1916 from half of the 11th Battalion (veterans of the Gallipoli landings) and reinforcements of the 11th and 28th Battalions, all personnel being Western Australian volunteers. Sadlier joined the unit in France on 13 May 1917, was promoted to corporal a few days later and on 14 July 1917 was gazetted to a first appointment as a second lieutenant. Promotion to lieutenant came on 1 April 1918.
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