Gother Robert Carlisle CLARKE

CLARKE, Gother Robert Carlisle

    Service Number: Officer
    Enlisted: 14 March 1916
    Last Rank: Major
    Last Unit: 34th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, 27 April 1875
    Home Town: Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
    Schooling: Sydney Shore Church of England Grammar School, Sydney University, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Medical Practitioner
    Died: Killed In Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 42 years
    Cemetery: Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
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    Memorials: Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 34th Infantry Battalion
    2 May 1916: Involvement Captain, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    2 May 1916: Embarked Captain, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
    20 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Major, 34th Infantry Battalion

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Mordaunt William Shipley and Georgine Alice CLARKE, Branthwaite Bay Road, North Sydney, New South Wales

    Cricketer, Lawn Bowls Player and Bowler.

    Major G.R.C. Clark, of the Army Medical Corps, who was killed on the French front, is identical with the well-known and popular medico who won a pairs championship in company with Mr. Billy Anderson.  They were members of the Kuring-gai Club then.

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