William Lionel (Len) CLARK

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CLARK, William Lionel

Service Number:	3688
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Leongatha, Victoria
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stawell, Victoria, 21 May 1893
Home Town:	Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Natural Causes, Launceston, Tasmania, 6 August 1971, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3688, Leongatha, Victoria
5 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3688, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne
5 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3688, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
24 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion
1 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion
16 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3688, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
1 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3688, 14th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens
20 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Infantry Battalion
29 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3688, 14th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

The following LINK (www.stevenclark.com.au) by Steven Clark outlines the military service of his Grandfather, from enlisting in the South Australian Imperial Reserves as a sailor on HMS Dart in 1910 in which he served for a period of 5 years. During this time he saw active service between 12 August 1914 to February 1915 in New Guinea. He then enlisted in the Australian Imperial Forces on 5 July 1915 to continue the fight against the Germans in France.

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