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CLARKE, Edwin Joseph Chatfield

Service Numbers:	3059, 3059A
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Place of enlistment - Warwick Farm, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia , 8 May 1891
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Burwood Superior Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Printers Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 24 July 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck Plot I, Row A, Grave 3 Headstone Inscription "DEARLY LOVED SON OF ARTHUR & MAY CLARKE OF BURWOOD, N.S.W.", Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, Croix du Bac, Armentieres, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3059, Place of enlistment - Warwick Farm, New South Wales
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3059, 20th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A29' Suevic from Sydney on 20th December 1915
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion, also allotted the letter 'A' after Service Number
28 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 56th Infantry Battalion
17 Jul 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 56th Infantry Battalion
24 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3059A, 56th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3059A awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-07-24

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