Clarke, Arthur James

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Allen Clarke,Edmund Arthur James

1494 Service Service NumberNumber 1888A(1070) Killed in Action May 1915 Killed in Action 12th19th October 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Belgium or France

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NAME

Clarke, Arthur James

SERVICE NO

1888A (1070)

UNIT

55th Battalion/ 3rd Rfs

RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

31 yrs 1 mth

PLACE OF BIRTH

Launceston, Tasmania

ADDRESS

North Goulburn

OCCUPATION

Bridge Carpenter/Labourer/ Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

18 Jan 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Goulburn, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Father;- William Thomas Clarke Cross St Neutral Bay 51 Bay St Double Bay, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’ 10”.Weight-150lbs. Chest 33-36 Complexion-Medium-. Hair-.Fair. Eyes Brown.

RELIGION

R/C

EMBARKED

Sydney- 23 Jun 1916 per Baramban

DISEMBARKED

Plymouth 25 Aug 1916

NOTES

AWOL midnight 24 Oct 1916 –Noon 25 Oct 1916 7 Jan 1917 duty with Railway Construction Dept West Capree, France till 10 Feb 1917.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

Sick to Hospital 24 Jun 1917 -3 Jul 1917.

Wounded in Action 1 Aug 1917. rejoined unit 12 Oct 1917. GSW Face received Boulogne.

KIA 12 Oct 1917 Belgium

DIED BURIED MEDALS

British War Medal-42897. Victory Medal-42432 Memorial Plaque & Scroll - 337474

DEPENDANTS

Father

GOSFORD TIMES. 24.1.1918.

Unofficial information was received here last week of the death in France of Private Arthur Clarke, who before enlisting, was on the staff of the local bank. He died some months ago, of wounds received in action.

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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475