Mervyn Ephraim (Dick) CLARKE

CLARKE, Mervyn Ephraim

    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
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    World War 1 Service

    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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