Alan James CLARK

CLARK, Alan James

Service Number: 1673
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Avenel, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Avenel, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling: Avenel State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avenel War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

8 Apr 1916: Involvement Sapper, 1673, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
8 Apr 1916: Embarked Sapper, 1673, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
3 Oct 1918: Involvement Private, 1673, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1673 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-03

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Biography contributed by Deborah Warnock

The second Son of Henry James and Caroline Clark of  ‘Burnside’,  Avenel, Victoria. He was given a send-off  along with six other volunteers from Avenel they were all presented with wallets and during the evening a musical programme was given, refreshments and a dance followed.

His Brother John Carleton Clark was killed in action on 3rd May 1915  Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Turkey, John is buried at Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli,Turkey 

Medals:  British War Medal, Victory Medal

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