CLARK, Alfred
| Service Number: | 2304 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ellendale, Tasmania, Australia, 19 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ellendale, Central Highlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 June 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row Q, Grave No. 13. BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ellendale Roll of Honour, Gretna War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2304, 40th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2304, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2304, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred enlisted the same day as his brother Arthur Clark. They were the sons of George and Margaret Clark, of Ellendale, Tasmania. The brothers both arrived in France and were taken on strength of the 40th Battalion on 8 May 1917. They were both dead within two months.
Alfred was hit in the side during the attack at Messines in Belgium. He had severe wounds to his leg and abdomen. He was taken back to a large nursing station at Trois-Arbres in north west France but died of his wounds the same day.
Arthur was also wounded in the shoulder on the same day. One of their mates stated they were inseparable and he was so cut up over his brothers’ death, that he was taken seriously ill and removed to hospital about 10 days later.
Arthur died on 7 July 1917, 30 days after the death of Alf, when a German aircraft bombed the hospital that he was located in at Bailleul, France.
The brothers are buried in different cemeteries only a few kilometres apart.
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