Edward Beech (Ted) CLARKE

CLARKE, Edward Beech

Service Number: 4315
Enlisted: 20 April 1917, Kantanning, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Pioneer Battalion
Born: Numurkah, Vic., 1890
Home Town: Dumbleyung, Dumbleyung Shire, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Dunbleyung, Western Australia, 6 December 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Nippering-Dumbleyung Cemetery, Nippering, Western Australia
Memorials: Wagin Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

20 Apr 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4315, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Kantanning, WA
30 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 4315, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 4315, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

While still in his teens, Edward Beech Clarke, an orphaned only child, left Katamatite in Northern Victoria with his few possessions in a tin trunk.  After workingon farms and selections for a time, Ted Clarke took up land at Candlelight, an abandoned selection previosly in the hands of Bill Burton.

£28,832 TO FAMILY
Moulyinning farmer Edward Beech Clarke, who died aged 65, on December 6 last, left an estate of £28,832. 
Beneficiaries are his widow and three of his four children.

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