William James CLARK

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CLARK, William James

Service Number:	2355
Enlisted:	29 March 1915, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grunthal, South Australia, 11 December 1899
Home Town:	Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Well sinker
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 September 1917, aged 17 years
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot reference: XIV. F. 13
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Henley Fulham Uniting Church Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

29 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2355, 10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 2355, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 2355, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
27 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 2355, 50th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2355 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-27

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Albert CLARK and Susan Jane PRETTEJOHN fmly CLARK, Henley Beach, South Australia

CLARK.—Private W. J. Clark, 2315, previously reported wounded, and missing since September 27th, now reported killed in action, France, the only beloved son of Mrs. E. W. Prettejohn, Henley Beach, and brother of Mrs. V. Chapman and Mrs. F. Lowrie, Torrensville, and Mrs. W. Kaehne, Hilton. His duty nobly done.

CLARK.—Private W. J. Clark, 2355, previously reported wounded and missing, now reported killed in France.—Inserted by his loving step-father, L. W. Prettejohn, Henley Beach. Greater love than this can any man do, he laid down his
life for King and country and freedom.

CLARK.—Private W. J. Clark, 2355, killed in action in France on September 27th, the eldest beloved grandson of J. I. Ackland, late of Mount Lofty. Faithful unto death.

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