CLARKE, Archibald McDonald
| Service Number: | 59 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eriboll, Sutherland, Scotland. , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Car-driver / mechanic |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 7 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Grave II. D. 12. Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE AND HE NOW RESTS IN PEACE., Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg Fairymead Sugar Company WW1 Honour Roll, Bundaberg War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 59, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 59, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
25th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force.
He was 28 and the son of James and Mary Clarke, of Kempy House, Tongue, Sutherland, Scotland.
Born: Erribol-Eriboll (Scottish Gaelic: Earabol) is a village in Sutherland, Scotland. The village is situated on the south eastern shore of Loch Eriboll, in the northern part of the former county of Sutherland.
The main A838 coast road connects the villages of Tongue, Achuvoldrach, Hope and Eriboll to the east and Portnancon, Sangobeg, Durness and on to Laxford Bridge to the west.
Its Norse name means Home on a gravel beach.
Emigrated to Australia when he was 24.
Enlisted: Bundaberg, Queensland 24.2.1915.
Remembered on the Durness War Memorial in Sutherland, Scotland.
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