CLARK, John
| Service Number: | 4765 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edmonton, Middlesex, England, 12 January 1898 |
| Home Town: | Roma, Maranoa, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Train accident, Roma, Queensland, Australia , 30 November 1920, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Roma General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4765, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4765, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4765, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Clark enlisted at 17 years and eight months during September 1915. He was one of 10 children; his family having come out to Australia from England in early 1914. His mother Alice had passed away soon after and William’s father, William Joseph Clark, enlisted in 1915 at the age of 45 and was killed in action at Mouquet Farm in 1916.
His two brothers, 3783 Pte William Walter Clark MM, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion and 52992 Private George Clark 14th Battalion AIF, both enlisted and returned to Australia during 1919.
John Clark married in 1919 but was unfortunately killed in a railway accident in Roma during November 1920.
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