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CLARKE, John James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 663 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment |
| Born: | Araluen, New South Wales, Australia, 14 July 1865 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Debility and strain of active service, 4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 24 June 1918, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C Section H Grave 173 |
| Memorials: | Mosman St. Clements Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 663, 2nd Light Horse Brigade HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 663, 2nd Light Horse Brigade HQ, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 663, 2nd Light Horse Brigade HQ, ANZAC / Gallipoli, landed at Gallipoli | |
| 27 May 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment | |
| 12 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Trooper, 663, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, return to Australia for discharge medically unfit | |
| 15 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 663, 2nd Light Horse Training Regiment, medically unfit, with a pension, due to the strain of active service, then died nine days later on 24 June 1918 |
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