CLARK, Alfred Cotterill
| Service Number: | 32 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, 5 January 1884 |
| Home Town: | Artarmon, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | tram conductor |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 30 December 1916, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 32, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 32, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 30 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 32, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 32 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-30 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Alfred Cotterill CLARK, (Service Number 32) was born on 5 January 1884 at Doncaster, Yorkshire. He first worked for the NSW Tramways as a casual conductor from 18 November 1911. His employment became permanent in July 1912 and he retained the role until he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 13 April 1916. He was not married, and gave his father, still resident in England as his next of kin.
Submitted 30 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Alfred Cotterill CLARK, (Service Number 32) was born on 5th January 1884 at Doncaster, Yorkshire. He first worked for the NSW Tramways as a casual conductor from 18th November 1911. His employment became permanent in July 1912. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 13th April 1916. He was not married. He gave his father, who was still living in England, as his next of kin.
Upon enlistment he was sent to Goulburn Depot Camp.
He left Australia from Sydney on HMAT ‘Demosthenes’ on 18th May 1916. Once in England he was transferred to the 3rd Division Cyclists Corps. It appears that this unit was absorbed into the 2nd Australian Infantry Battalion in September before Clark went to France.
He died of wounds on 13th December 1916.
He is buried at Bernafay Wood British Cemetery ¾ mile N.E. of the Church at Montauban, two miles N. of Maricourt, 6¼ miles East of Albert.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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