Arthur CLARK

CLARK, Arthur

Service Number: 2306
Enlisted: 21 September 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 40th Infantry Battalion
Born: Ellendale, Tasmania, Australia, 14 December 1891
Home Town: Ellendale, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Died of wounds, France, 7 July 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord
Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 242.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ellendale Roll of Honour, Gretna War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2306, 40th Infantry Battalion
21 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2306, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2306, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Arthur enlisted the same day as his brother Alfred Clark. They were the sons of George and Margaret Clark, of Ellendale, Tasmania. The brothers both arrived in France and were taken on strength of the 40th Battalion on 8 May 1917. They were both dead within two months.

Alfred died from mortal wounds during the attack at Messines in Belgium. Arthur was also wounded in the shoulder on the same day. One of their mates stated they were inseparable and he was so cut up over his brothers’ death, that he was taken seriously ill and removed to hospital about 10 days later.

Arthur was in the 11th Casualty Clearing Station near Bailleul in France when enemy aircraft, during the night of 6 July 1917, dropped about 90 bombs in the area, 7 of these fell on 11 CCS, doing much damage and causing heavy casualties, 35 patients were killed (11 Australian) and about 60 others wounded.

The Clark brothers are buried in different cemeteries only a few kilometres apart in north eastern France.

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