CLARK, George Arthur
| Service Number: | 5825 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 13 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mount Hawthorn, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Leederville State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5825, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5825, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoff Tilley
George Arthur Clark was born on 13 April 1893 at Abbotsford Victoria to George Andrew Clark and Laura Louisa Beemer, he had four sisters and two brothers.
It is believed the family moved to Western Australia around 1903-04 as a daughter was born in Perth in 1905.
The Family lived in Leederville with his father, George employed as a horse driver.
George junior attended Leederville State School and on leaving school studied to be a clerk, training with the Western Australian Infantry Regiment Cadets for two years.
George enlisted into the Australia Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in May 1916 at Perth. He was and passed fit for service in June 1916.
He proceeded to Blackboy Hill training camp, posted to 74 Depot Company, and attached to the 16 Reinforcements of 28 Battalion.
He embarked from Fremantle on board HMAT Suffolk [A23] in October 1916, disembarking at Plymouth England in December 1916.
He trained at No 7 Training Battalion Folkstone and then sent to France in December 1916.
He was taken on strength in the field with 28 Battalion in January 1917.
On 3 May 1917 George with his battalion was involved in attacks on the German defensive positions known as the Hindenburg Line east of Bullecourt.
Other battalions were involved in the attack with 28 Battalion moving into a location known as the railway embankment to hold and launch their assault from.
The embankment was heavily shelled with carrying parties from 28 Battalion carried supplies of ammunition in particular bombs to the frontline.
The battalion was later ordered forward carrying large supplies of bombs to the men fighting in the frontline.
It was during this time that George was reported as wounded in action. Later searches of forward aid posts and hospitals failed to locate George.
He was then listed as missing in action, and from a court of inquiry in July 1917 he was recorded as killed in action.
Private George Arthur Clark service number 5825 was killed in action at Bullecourt France on 3 May 1917, he has no known grave and is commemorated at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial France. He was 22 years of age.
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