CLARKE, Reginald Arthur
| Service Number: | 6112 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1916, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rushden, Co. Northampshire, England, 16 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bondi, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Colfes Grammar School Lewisham London and Technical School Portsmouth England |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 18 September 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6112, 1st Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6112, 1st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6112, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles William CLARKE and Sarah nee INGHAM, 'Euroma' Oxford Street, Epping, Sydney, NSW
Reginald came with his family to Australia in 1913 and was atricled as a Lawyer. He joined the Australian Forces in Decmber 1915 and went to Entland in September 1916 and served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from the following December. He was killed in action 17 September 1917.
Lieut. F.A. Presnell wrote : "Besides being prized for his many qualities, he was the kind of soldier we cannot afford to lose nowadays. Your son was a trained specialist, and the stamp of a soldier who is invaluable in a regiment, not only for his skill, but on account of his fine exampble, which inspired younger and newer men."
Official information has been received by Mr. C. W. Clarke, "Euroma," Oxford-street, Epping (late of Bondi), of the death of his eldest son, Reginald Arthur Clarke, killed in action in France on September 18, 1917. Educated at Colfe's Grammar School, Lewisham, and at the Technical Colloge, Portsmouth, England, even at that early age Lieutenant Clarke showed a brilliant intellect, especially in mathematics and languages. He matriculated at London University at 15 years of age, and always passed his exams, with distinction. At the time of his enlistment, in December, 1915, he was articled to Mr. P. M. Sanders, solicitor, King-street, Sydney. After passing through the signalling school at Kiama, where he obtained rnaximum marks in his tests, he sailed for the front on August 22, 1916, as a signaller with the 19th Reinforcements of the 1st Battalion. Following a short spoil in Salisbury Plains, he proceeded to France in December, 1916, and early in 1917 was attached to the signalling staff of Australian headquarters in France. He participated in the big spring and summer offensives on the western front, and before his death he had been in the Ypres sector since July, 1917. He was nearly 23 years of age. His. brother Jack is still on active service with Australian Headquarters Signalling Staff. Mr. C. W. Clarke is well known in newspaper, business circles in Sydney.
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