Harry CLARKE

CLARKE, Harry

Service Number: 1853
Enlisted: 22 October 1915, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 1876
Home Town: Meekatharra, Meekatharra, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bushman
Died: Emphysema, 8 Australian General Hospital, Frematle, Westen Australia, 1 April 1919
Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
Church of England Section, Row AA, Grave 1647, Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

22 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1853, Blackboy Hill, WA
17 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 1853, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 1853, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Fremantle
13 Oct 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1853, Discharge at the 5th Military District
1 Apr 1919: Involvement Private, 1853, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1853 awm_unit: Australian Veterinary Hospital late 4th Division Artillery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-04-01

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Next of kin at the time of enlistment was given  as  as his sister Anne Fuller of Clifton Street, Hawthorne, SA later change to his wife Maud Elizabeth (nee Matthews) Clarke of 4 Cinders Lane, Portland, Dorset, England. Harry and Maud were married on the 6th August 1918 Weymouth Registrar's Office

While serving overseas he suffering from bouts of Pneumona and or Bronchitis

8 August 1918 - returned to Australia on board H.T. Carpentaria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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