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CLARKE, Alfred Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3029 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Plot 6 Row A Grave 8, Vignacourt British Cemetery, Vignacourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3029, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3029, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Barbara Krnos
Reading through Alfred Edward Clarke's military file, he had a wife Sarah in Australia when he enlisted in 1915. On 22 Feb 1918 he made a will leaving all to Sarah.
In July 1917, he had made a will leaving everything to Miss Edie Annie Bettis of Southend on Sea, England - his "intended wife". Sadly Edie Bettis had died by 9th Jan 1919.
Sarah remaried, and became Sarah Ruckland.