Clarke, Arthur James

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One Clarke, Arthur James Service Number 1888A(1070) Killed in Action 12th October 1917 Belgium or France

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Service Number 1888A (1070). Killed in Action 12th October 1917. Belgium? or France?

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Clarke, Arthur James Service Number 1888A(1070)

Killed in Action 12th October 1917 Belgium or France

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Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of

Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records

held in the

The Australian War Memorial and

National Archives of Australia

(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)

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NAME Clarke, Arthur James

SERVICE NO 1888A (1070)

UNIT 55th Battalion/ 3

rd 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 ENLIST-MENT

Goulburn, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father;- William Thomas Clarke Cross St Neutral Bay

51 Bay St Double Bay, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

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 re-ceived Boulogne.

DIED KIA 12 Oct 1917 Belgium

BURIED

MEDALS British War Medal-42897. Victory Medal-42432

Memorial Plaque & Scroll - 337474

DEPENDANTS Father

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GOSFORD TIMES. 24.1.1918.

Unofficial information was received here last week of the death in France of Private Arthur Clarke, who be-

fore enlisting, was on the staff of the local bank. He died some months ago, of wounds received in action.

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