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CLARKE, Raymond Arthur

Service Numbers:	878, W29294
Enlisted:	15 August 1914, Bunbury
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 18 June 1889
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Myocardial infarction, Bussleton, Western Australia, Australia, 25 October 1959, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia
Memorials:	Brunswick Juntion Memorial Hall Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

15 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 878, 11th Infantry Battalion, Bunbury
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 878, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 878, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 878, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
15 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
7 Dec 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 11th Infantry Battalion
12 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
15 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
1 Jun 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Battle for Pozières , For valuable services rendered from 22/25 July 1916 at Pozieres.
14 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, Accidental - severe bomb wounds to abdomen and left thigh plus deafness during bomb throwing exercise
1 Jan 1918:	Honoured Military Cross, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, For courage, untiring energy and zeal as Brigade Dump Officer from February to May 1917 at La Barque, Boursies and Bullecourt despite enemy shelling and adverse weather.
11 Jan 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, HT Port Darwin, London for return to Australia medically unfit- arriving Fremantle 4 March 1918.
13 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

12 Nov 1940:	Enlisted W29294

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