CLARK, Harry Borlase
| Service Number: | 3270 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, Sebastopol |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sebastopol, Victoria, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Sebastopol, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sebastopol State School |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Shell wounds to back & chest, France, 7 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block S, Plot II, Row 1, Grave 17 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3270, 14th Infantry Battalion, Sebastopol | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3270, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3270, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 20 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 29 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3270, 14th Infantry Battalion, Shell wounds to back & chest | |
| 7 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 3270, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3270 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-10-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Harry Borlase CLARK was born in Sebastopol, Victoria in 1895
His parents were Henry CLARK & Mary Elizabeth BORLASE
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Harry Borlase Clark (SN 3270) was born in Sebastopol and attended the Sebastopol State School. He was 19-year-old, single, Carpenter, when he enlisted on 8th July 1915. He trained at Geelong and Broadmeadows before embarking aboard the Nestor in October and joining the 14th Battalion in Egypt. He reached France in June 1916 and appears to have avoided injury or illness before he was granted leave in the United Kingdom from late August 1918. He rejoined his unit in France on 14th September but was seriously wounded just four days later. He was evacuated to the 5th General Hospital at Rouen but sadly died of his wounds on 7th October 1918. He was 22-years-of-age and is buried in St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
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