John Joyce CLARKE

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Service Number:	390
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Hobart
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Oxford, England, 1889
Home Town:	Glengarry, West Tamar, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouse Manager
Died:	Died of wounds - gunshot wound to the neck from a sniper's bullet, At sea on board HS Guildford Castle, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 15 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 3 S.J. Nisbet Wallace officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Exeter RSL WW1 Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Hobart
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
13 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Gunshot wounds to the neck at Quinn's Post
15 Aug 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 390, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 390 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-15

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Son of Harry Thomas clarke and Elizabeth Clarke of Wayste Court, Abington, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal