CLARKE, Joseph George
| Service Number: | 3039 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Fremantle Boys School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yalgoo War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3039, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3039, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3039, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 3039, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3039 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph’s older brother 766 Pte. Reginald Charles Clarke 11th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Gallipoli on 11 May 1915, aged 26. They were the sons of Joseph and Alice Agnes Clarke of Geraldton, Western Australia. Their father had passed away during 1915, leaving their mother to deal with their loss.
Alice Clarke operated Clarke's Coffee Palace at Geraldton. Joseph George Clarke was a "hairdresser and tobacconist" operating from a shop in Geraldton when he enlisted. He was known by his second name as ‘George’ Clarke.
His remains were lost after the very heavy fighting at Mouquet Farm in September 1916.
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