Lieutenant Clifford William King Sadlier

Service number	2858, 4871
Ranks Held	Lieutenant, Private
Birth Date	1892-06-11
Birth Place	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Camberwell
Death Date	1964-04-28
Death Place	Australia: Western Australia, Busselton
Final Rank	Lieutenant
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Unit	51st Australian Infantry Battalion
Places	Camberwell Busselton
Conflicts/Operations	First World War, 1914-1918 First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes	Biographical information They dared mightily. in 1963 Published in London Gazette in 1918-07-11 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-11-27

Description

Melbourne-born Clifford Sadlier (1892-1964) served overseas twice; the first time in Egypt with the medical corps, then in France as an infantryman. Commissioned in 1917, Sadlier was inspirational in the counter-attack at Villers-Bretonneux. Although wounded, he led attacks against enemy machine-gun positions. At one point he assaulted a gun by himself while armed only with a revolver. Wounded a second time, he was finally removed from the action.

For a time after the war, Sadlier was state secretary of the RSL in Western Australia.

Collection items

Rolls

Honours and Awards:

Unit

51st Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant

London Gazette

11 July 1918 on page 8156 at position 1

Commonwealth Gazette

27 November 1918 on page 2261 at position 12
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private
Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

Unit

51st Australian Infantry Battalion

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Lieutenant
First World War Embarkation Roll:

Conflict

First World War, 1914-1918

Rank

Private

Timeline

Date of birth	11 June 1892
Date of embarkation	25 June 1915
Date of embarkation	09 November 1916
Date of honour or award	25 April 1918	Awarded Victoria Cross, for action at Villers Bretonneux, France whilst serving with 51 Battalion, 13 Brigade, 4 Division as a Lieutenant
Date of recommendation honour or award	05 May 1918
Date of death	28 April 1964