Mervyn Ephraim (Dick) CLARKE

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Service Number:	879
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Bunbury
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 31 May 1894
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Bunbury State School and Hale School, Perth, Western Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Natural causes, Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia, 28 February 1986, aged 91 years
Cemetery:	Bunbury General Cemetery, Bunbury, Western Australia
Memorials:

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 879, 11th Infantry Battalion, Bunbury
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Private, 879, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Private, 879, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 879, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
24 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 879, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shrapnel head and shoulder (severe)
30 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
29 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW head
10 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", Lihons, Severe facial wounds from explosive bullet resulting in total blindness.
3 Jul 1920:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion, HT Orvieto, London for return to Australia medically unfit (totally blind) - arriving Fremantle 6 August 1920.
12 Dec 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Infantry Battalion

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