Montmorency Sydney CLARK

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CLARK, Montmorency Sydney

Service Numbers:	19349, S86176
Enlisted:	11 April 1917, Port Pirie, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	6th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Norwood, South Australia, 16 September 1897
Home Town:	Orroroo, Orroroo/Carrieton, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, South Australia, 13 February 1968, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide National Australia Bank WW1 Honour Board, Eudunda Arch Gates, Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch, Jamestown St James Anglican Church Stained Glass Windows and Turner Brothers Memorial

World War 1 Service

11 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19349, Port Pirie, South Australia
2 Nov 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 19349, 14th Australian General Hospital, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
2 Nov 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 19349, 14th Australian General Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 19349, Army Medical Corps (AIF)

World War 2 Service

27 Apr 1943:	Involvement Sergeant, S86176, 6th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
27 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Orroroo, SA
27 Apr 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, S86176
6 Sep 1944:	Discharged

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I36273 Birth Recofrd 16 Sep 1897 in Norwood, South Australia,

Mother, Mrs Ellen Clark, Jamestown, South Australia

Previous service: 2yrs in Cadets as a Lieutenant
6mths as Sergeant in CMF

Described on enlisting as 19yrs 7mths old; single; ' 10.5" tall; 142 lbs;
dark complexion; brown eyes; black hair; Church of England

14/4/1917 enlisted at Port Pirie, SA

2/11/1917 embarked from Port of Melbourne, VIC, onboard HMAT A73 Commonwealth
as a Private in 14th Australian General Hospital, 1917 Egypt Reinforcements

10/12/1917 marched in to reinforcement camp at Moascar, Suez, Egypt

3/1/1918 marched out to 7th Sanistray Section, Moascar

18/8/1918 sick with malaria malignant - dangerously ill
admitted to 36th Stationary Hospital

Private in 14th Australian General Hospital

1/1/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Aneas
5/2/1919 disembarked into Australia

14/3/1917 discharged from service

Medals: Victory medal (20968) and British War medal (21563)

Total service: 1 year 335 days (1 years 106 days overseas)

Married:          Majory Nell CLARK (nee Weston)
                     d. 19/10/1936 aged 38 years. (Daughter of Mark Weston)
                     buried in Crystal Brook Cemetery

13/2/1968 passed away
buried in:

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/5/2016. Lest we forget.

Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.

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