CLARKE, Claude Ernest
| Service Numbers: | 1817, 11817 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 27 November 1888 |
| Home Town: | Deloraine, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 13 September 1919, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine War Memorial, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1817, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 11817, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 11817, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle | |
| 13 Sep 1919: | Involvement Private, 1817, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1817 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-09-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Claude Clarke enlisted in January 1915 and saw service at Gallipoli, before he was evacuated sick during August 1915. He served in France, for almost three years, and was returned to Australia in December 1918 with debility.
He passed away in the Australian General Hospital, Launceston from a combination of pneumonia, influenza, and heart failure, aged 31.
His older brother, 5670 Pte. Charles Edmond Clarke 40th Battalion AIF, had died of wounds on 19 December 1916, aged 31.
Their mother was Mrs. Ellen Clarke, an elderly widow, who had also lost another adopted son, 3938 Pte. William Arthur Clarke 12th Battalion AIF, who had died of sickness 8 May 1916., aged 22.
A nephew, son of one of Claude’s sisters, and in the same Company as Claude, also died at Pozieres in 1916, 3292 Pte. Charles Henry Hayward 12th Battalion AIF.
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