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CLARKE, William Edward Wesley

Service Number:	3943
Enlisted:	25 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born:	Smeaton, Victoria, 1889
Home Town:	Mole Creek, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1916
Cemetery:	Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Plot II, Row E, Grave 6, Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mole Creek War Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3943, 12th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania
24 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3943, 12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on RMS Orontes from Melbourne on 24th November 1915
18 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion
3 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
14 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3943, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3943 awm_unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-08-14

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