Arthur Joseph Stanley CLARKE

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CLARKE, Arthur Joseph Stanley

Service Number:	52
Enlisted:	10 February 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wattle Flat, South Australia, 24 December 1895
Home Town:	Wattle Flat, Yankalilla, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 30 July 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Meadows Boys Roll of Honour, Yankalilla District Roll of Honour WW1, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall

World War 1 Service

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
31 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 52, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 52, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
4 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 52, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 52, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

"LATE PTE. A. J. S. CLARKE.

The late Pte. Arthur J. S. Clarke embarked from South Australia, and was on Gallipoli for several months. After the evacuation of the peninsula he was sent to France in April, and was killed in action at Pozieres on July 30. While in Egypt he met his brother (the late Pte. Frank A. Clarke), whom he had not seen for years. The latter enlisted with the Queensland forces, and was killed on August 17 last year. The late Pte. A. J. S. Clarke, who was of a bright and manly disposition, was the fifth son of Mr. James Clarke, of Wattle Flat, and a nephew of Mrs. E. Conrad, of Second avenue, St. Peters." - from the Adelaide Register 21 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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