CLARK, Frederick William
| Service Numbers: | 465, 1614 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, Served in Boer War in 8th NZ contingent |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Canterbury, New Zealand, July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Riverstone, Blacktown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 465, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Served in Boer War in 8th NZ contingent | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 465, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 465, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1614, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1614, 17th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to left shoulder | |
| 30 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1614, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1614, 17th Infantry Battalion, 3 times wounded in action |
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LCpl Fredrick William Clark (and Alfred Clark, NZ Trench Mortars)
This last photo of two brothers together, one serving with the Australians the other with the New Zealanders, was taken in London in August 1917.
Alfred Clark, seated, was a gunner with the New Zealand Field Artillery and had been attached to a trench mortar company for the attack on Messines. He was in London on leave when the picture was taken. Frederick was an Australian infantryman and was in London recovering from wounds.
Alfred returned to his unit from leave on August 16 and the following day was killed in action. Married with five young children, the youngest born in 1910, he had been a farmer near Gisborne.
Frederick, a butcher by trade, had served with the 8th New Zealand Contingent in the Boer War naming Alfred as his next of kin, and had gone on to live in Sydney. He survived World War One and returned to Australia to live in New South Wales.
Other instances of brothers serving in Australian and New Zealand units in World War One include the Gallahers. Dave Gallaher, the 1905 All Black “Originals” captain who lost his life on October 4 1917 at ‘s Graventafel, Passchendaele, serving with the NZEF, had also served in the Boer War. He lost his younger brother Douglas, a company sergeant-major in the Australian 11th Battalion, in fighting near Fromelles the previous year.
Alfred Clark’s grave is at the Pont-d’Achelles Military Cemetery in Nieppe, just across the border in France.
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