CLARKE, Norman Windsor
| Service Numbers: | 2195, 2195A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Coogee, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Leichhardt Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tram Employee |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC III B 52 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2195, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2195, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2195A, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2195A awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Norman Windsor CLARKE, (Service Number 2195A) was born on 3 February 1897 in Sydney. He began working for the NSW Tramways as a cleaner in the Electric Trams section in Sydney on 7 Jan 1915. By May he had been released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. On his Attestation Papers he states that he is not married, claims four years’ military experience in the Senior Cadets, and gives his father as his next of kin.
He left Australia through Sydney on HMAT ‘Karoola’ on 16 June 1915.
Submitted 1 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward Albert Windsor and Elizabeth Catherine CLARKE, "Essie Villa", Meynotte Street, Randwick, Sydney
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Norman Windsor CLARKE, (Service Number 2195A) was born on 3rd February 1897 in Sydney. He began working for the NSW Tramways as a cleaner in the Electric Trams section in Sydney on 7th Jan 1915. By May he had been released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces. On his Attestation Papers he states that he is not married, claims four years’ military experience in the Senior Cadets, and gives his father as his next of kin.
He left Australia from Sydney on HMAT ‘Karoola’ on 16th June 1915.
He joined the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion at Anzac on 4th August 1915. He was missing in action only three days later at Lone Pine. This was between 7th and 12th August 1915. In September it was found that he was killed in action.
He was at first buried in Browns Dip Northern Cemetery. He was exhumed in the rationalisation of cemeteries after the war. He is now interred in Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, 1⅜ miles S.E. of Anzac Cove.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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