CLARK, Victor
Service Number: | 1414 |
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Enlisted: | 23 September 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bendigo, Vic., 1887 |
Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Coburg State School |
Occupation: | Sugar Refiner |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1414, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1414, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1414, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Peter and Elizabeth CLARK of 26 Sargood Street, Coburg, Vic.
Went with 'C' Company 15th Battalion 4th Brigade. Was at the landing at Gallipoli 25 April 1915 and had left arm shattered 6 1/2 days later. After some time in Mena Hospital, embarked with 99 other volunteers to draw the Turkish fire at rear of Hill 60. Reported missing after the Lone Pine charge of 8th August 1915