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CLARKE, Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 294 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Derby, near Liverpool, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Numulgi, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St. John's School, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 9 February 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gayndah Reid's Creek No 261 Rifle Club Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 24 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 294, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 294, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 9 Feb 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 294, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 294 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-02-09 | |
| Date unknown: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.O.C. 7th Aust. Infantry Brigade. DCM citation London Gazette 26 September 1916, page 9445 at position 6. On the morning of the 5th. August, 1916, during the attack on POZIERES RIDGE he took out a party of 8 men to meet an enemy Bombing Party of 20 men. By his fearless and confident demeanour he secured the upper-hand immediately and succeeded in killing all but 2 of the enemy, - these he took prisoners. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Emigrated aged 21 years.
He is one of three Australian soldier casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Radcliffe war memorial which stands outside the town hall in Blackburn Street (A665), Radcliffe, Bury, England.
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