CLARK, William Wilson
| Service Number: | 197 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1915, An original of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1880 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Balmain Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Lithographer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row C, Grave 18. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 197, 18th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 197, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 197, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William was born in Scotland but had come to Australia with his parents when he was just three years of age. He was the son of James and Jessie Clark, of "Lorabar," Merrenburn Avenue, Sydney, Australia. The father James had died in 1897. His mother stated on his roll of honour form that William was the Amateur Lightweight champion of NSW in 1905 and 2nd in the Lightweight Australasian championship the same year.
William landed at Gallipoli during August 1915 and was immediately wounded during the attack on Hill 60 on 22 August 1915. He was taken to Malta and evacuated to England with bomb wounds to his back and shoulder. He re-joined his battalion in Egypt during early 1916.
His headstone reads, ‘Whom we have loved long since and lost awhile’