Julius Ordo CLARKE

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CLARKE, Julius Ordo

Service Numbers:	1593, 1593A
Enlisted:	8 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bondi, New South Wales, Australia , 1 January 1895
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rose Bay Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1593, Light Trench Mortar Batteries
9 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 1593, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 1593, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 1593A, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1593A awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Son of Bonus and Mary Isabel Clarke, of Hardie St., North Bondi, New South Wales. His brother Hercules Lionel Clarke also fell.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Julius Ordo Clarke enlisted the same day as his older brother Hercules Clarke. Enlisting with Trench Mortar reinforcements, they both transferred to the 19th Battalion on 5 April 1917. Julius was killed in action at the Second Battle of Bullecourt, France, on 3 May 1917. Pte Clarke's brother, 582 Pte Hercules Lionel 'Bob' Clarke, also of the 19th Battalion, was mortally wounded the same day and died of wounds a day later, on 4 May 1917. A third brother, 5993 Pte William Reginald Quintus 'Reg' Clarke, 2nd Battalion, survived the war and returned to Australia in January 1919.

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