CLARK, Norman Leslie
| Service Number: | 4103 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 6 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop assistant |
| Died: | Pneumoccal meningitis, France, 9 June 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 10A. HE GAVE HIS BRIGHT YOUNG LIFE FOR US |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4103, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4103, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4103, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Norman Leslie Clark died at the age of 18 years. He was a shop assistant in Wide Bay, Gympie, and enlisted on the 21 September 1915 in the 25th Battalion AAIF, a few months short of his 18th birthday. He disembarked in Marseilles France on the 5 June 1916. He was admitted to hospital at Etaples, France and was diagnosed suffering with 'Pneumoccal Meningitis". He died a few days later and is buried Etaples Military Cemetery.
He was the son of William Benjamin and Martha Clark, of Gympie, Queensland.
His older brother, 6215 Pte. Frank Edmund Clark 15th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action in 1 February 1917, aged 23.