CLARK, Donald Goldie
| Service Number: | 6493 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bruce Rock, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Totadgin Roll of Honour, Merredin Hines Hill District Roll of Honour, Merredin and Districts Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6493, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6493, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle |
Donald Goldie Clark
Donald Goldie Clark
Birth Place: 32 Craighead Street Barrhead 19/9/1895 East Renfrewshire Scotland
Residence: Australia
Death Date: 14 April 1917
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Merridin, Western Australia
Rank: Private
Regiment: Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Battalion: 16th Battalion
Regimental Number: 6493
Type of Casualty: Killed in action age 21 years
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre.
Next of Kin: Samuel Clark- Relationship to Soldier: Father
Trade - Farm labourer prior to War;
Donald Embarked at Port MacQuarie 13/10/16
By 12/12/16 he was Marched into 4 training Batt from Australia, Taken onto Battalion strength 16th batt from 21st Rifles;
Donald then Proceeded over seas to France per "HMS Princess Victoria" on 8th February 1917:
At Etaples France 9th Feb 1917 he marched to unit 12th Feb-
Donald was then taken into Battalion strength (Joined) on the 13th of Feb 1917 in the Field and only two months later he was killed in Action.
Donald is commemorated at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France.
Donald is Not commemorated at Cowan park Memorial
Submitted 17 August 2019 by matt drennan