CLARK, Alexander Cullen
| Service Number: | 193 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Bank, Yorkshire, England, 18 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | South Bank School, Yorkshire, England; Middlesborough High School, England |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 21, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 193, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 193, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 193, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 29 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 193, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 193 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Alexander Cullen CLARK, (Service Number 193) was born on 18 Dec 1888 at Middlesbrough, England. In 1913 he began work in the Traffic branch of the NSWGR in the Sydney District. Clark was married, though he gave his wife’s address as London. Virtually immediately upon the declaration of the war he sought release from his railway employment to enlist in the Expeditionary Forces.
He died at Gallipoli between 6-9 August 1915, during the major offensive now known as the Battle of Lone Pine. Like many deaths in that chaotic period, the final formal declaration that the men were dead, and that they had died in action, came months later at a military Court of Enquiry at Flairbax in France, months after the Dardanelles had been evacuated.
Submitted 30 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 22 years having lived in Suva, Fiji from December 1911 until November 1913. After arriving in Australia he was employed in Sydney as a Clerk by the New South Government Railways. While attending the Middlesborough High School in England he studied Business Studies
Son of William and Agnes Clark
Husband of Jessie Clark of 106 Gardiners Road, Rosebery, NSW formerly of 44 Cayton Road, London, England. Father of Robert William Clark
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal