CLARK, George Howard
| Service Number: | 396 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Artificer |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Enteric Fever, Charlestown, Natal, Charlestown, Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 14 February 1902 |
| Cemetery: |
Hardwick Street Cemetery Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement 396 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Artificer, 396, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 4 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Artificer, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 63, notes promoted to Artificer 4 Mar 1901. | |
| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Artificer, 396, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 14 Feb 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 396, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Died of enteric at Charleston 14/02/1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George Howard Clark enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. E. Courtney, Blayney, NSW.
George Howard Clark was born in 1879 at Carcoar, NSW, a son and 2nd of two children to David Clark and Mary Josephine Clark (nee Thompson). His parents had only married at Carcoar in 1877 before his father's untimely passing in 1881 at Blayney where the family were living. His mother remarried to Edward P. Courtney in 1884 at Tenterfield, NSW.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 501; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 63).
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