CLARKE, Robert
| Service Number: | 3060 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallaroo, South Australia, 14 December 1870 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laborer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3060, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3060, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
Robert Clarke
Service Number: 3060
Place of Birth: Wallaroo Mine
Date of Birth: 14 December 1870
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 9 August 1915
Age at Enlistment: 44 years 8 months
Next of Kin: Wife – Isobel Clarke
Occupation: Labourer
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Private 27th Battalion
Robert was the son of George and Alice Jane Clarke [nee Bryan]. One month after having enlisted, Robert was admitted to hospital with mumps. Upon recovering and undergoing additional training he left Australia with his unit on board HMAT RMS A7 Medic on 12 January 1916. While serving in Egypt he was admitted to hospital at Tel –el – Kebir with diarrhoea on 13 May. His condition deteriorated to the extent that Robert was hospitalised at Heliopolis with general debility on 24 May, and chronic rheumatism on 28 July.
Robert was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette No.30233, Certificate No. 2048 of 10 August 1920. Continuing poor health, particularly rheumatism led to him being classified as medically unfit. Consequently, Robert returned to Australia on the Borda on 16 September 1916 and was discharged on 17 December.
Submitted 17 October 2023 by christopher collins
Biography
27 Battalion
Rank - Private
3 March 1916 - To hospital Heliopolis - influenza
6 April 1916 - Discharged from hospital
18 May 1916 - Mumps
17 August 1916 - Returned to Australia from Suez on board HT Borda. Medically unfit
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Husband of Isobel Clarke, 98 Gilles Street, Adelaide, South Australia. Son of George and Alice Jane Clarke (nee Bryant)