Walter Leslie CLARK

CLARK, Walter Leslie

    Service Number: 6780A
    Enlisted: 4 July 1917, Enlisted at Melbourne
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 22nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1895
    Home Town: North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
    Schooling: Sandringham State School, Victoria
    Occupation: Timber Worker
    Died: Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 19 May 1918
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Jul 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6780A, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
    21 Nov 1917: Involvement Private, 6780A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    21 Nov 1917: Embarked Private, 6780A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Albert Eugene and Emily Jane Clark of 130 Ardent Street, North Melbourne later of Little Park Street, North Melbourne; brother of Linton Charles Clark who returned to Australia on 19 April 1919 having served with the 14th Battalion and Keith Allan Clark

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    Also served in the Citizen Forces

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