CLARK, Ben
| Service Number: | 2898 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Williamstown, South Australia, December 1871 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 12 March 1933, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 7 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 2898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 2898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 5 Dec 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, 2898, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged to go back to Australia due to pain in the lower chest. Age 43 and 1/2. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Ben Clark was born in Williamstown, South Australia in 1871. He lived in Williamstown, South Australia while he was a Labourer. He enlisted for the war on the 7th of January 1916 aged 43. Ben Clark was a part of the 32nd battalion in the 6th reinforcement. He left Adelaide to go fight in the war on the 11th of April in 1916. While in the war he was unable to act his role as a batman (Officers servant). Due to a shear amount of pain in his chest, Ben was eventually deemed unfit for service and returned home to Australia on the 5th of December 1916, Age 43 1/2. Clark served for 1 year and 84 days while 239 of those days were abroad. He was given a British war medal for his service in the war. Ben Clark passed away on the 12th of March 1933 aged 60.