Reginald Burton CLARK

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CLARK, Reginald Burton

Service Number:	576
Enlisted:	23 October 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Second Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Royal Flying Corps
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 29 November 1896
Home Town:	Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Church of England Grammar (Shore) School, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Died of wounds, No 3 General Hospital, France, 1 May 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Mount Huon Military Cemetery V B 12
Memorials:	Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

23 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 576, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, Melbourne, Vic.
23 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1
4 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, 1st Signal Squadron Australian Mounted Division
12 Feb 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, 576, 1st Signal Squadron Australian Mounted Division, to take up commission in the Royal Flying Corps

World War 2 Service

12 Feb 1917:	Involvement Second Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps

World War 1 Service

13 Feb 1917:	Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), Royal Flying Corps, Second Lieutenant
24 Apr 1917:	Wounded British Forces (All Conflicts), Second Lieutenant, 60th Squadron, RFC
Date unknown:	Embarked Lance Corporal, 576, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop
Date unknown:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 576, 3rd Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Son of T.J.A. & Elenor Dibby, 64 Callamatta Road, Mosman, New South Wales

CLARK.—At No. 3 General Hospital, France, from wounds received in action on April 24, Second Lieutenant Reginald Burton Clark, of the Royal Flying Corps, elder and dearly loved son of Eleanor Burton Dibley, of Mosman, N.S.W., and loving brother of Norman (on active service, H.M.A.S. "Australia"), and dearly loved nephew of Mrs. E. E. Allen, Mrs. Harold Kent, Harold, Norman, May, and Isabel Rudduck.
"He gave his life for his country, and God has taken him unto himself."

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