CLARKE, Hercules Lionel
| Service Number: | 1582 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bondi, New South Wales, Australia , 1 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rose Bay Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 May 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Plot III, Row C, Grave 14. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1582, Light Trench Mortar Batteries | |
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| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 1582, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 1582, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 4 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 1582, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1582 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of Bonus and Mary Isabel Clarke, of 36, Wilberforce Avenue, Rose Bay, New South Wales. His brother Julius Ordo Clarke also fell.
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Hercules Lionel 'Bob' Clarke enlisted the same day as his younger brother, 1593A Pte. Julius Ordo Clarke and they both ended up in the 19th Battalion a few weeks before the Second Battle of Bullecourt. Julius was killed in action on 3 May 1917, age 22, and ‘Bob’ Clarke died of wounds the very next day.
A third brother, 5993 Pte William Reginald Quintus 'Reg' Clarke, 2nd Battalion, survived the war and returned to Australia in January 1919.
‘Bob’ Clarke’s father noted on his Roll of Honour form, “The deceased was of fine physique and of jovial disposition, being a good comedian and imitator of Harry Lauder's character songs.”
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