CLARK, Alexander
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Lanark, Glasgow, Scotland, 24 May 1865 |
| Home Town: | Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Presbyterian Minister |
| Died: | 4 February 1954, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Presbyterian Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
Rev. Alexander Clark. 26 YEARS' CONTINUOUS MINISTRY.
Rev. Alexander Clark.
26 YEARS' CONTINUOUS MINISTRY.
The Rev. Alexander Clark has completed 26 years' continuous ministry in the Crow's Nest Presbyterian Church, and tomorrow he will be one of the preachers at the forty eighth anniversary of this church.
Mr. Clark was inducted to this charge in 1910. The present church was built on the site of Crow's Nest Cottage, one of the earliest residences an the North Shore, on the verandah of which the first Presbyterian service was held, in 1888. He arrived from Scotland in 1897, when he was appointed to Mackay (Queensland), then a large parish. Transferred to Toowong, near Brisbane, three years later, he ministered there until 1904, in which year he accepted a unanimous call to Bathurst. Mr. Clark's activities have been wider than his parish, and he was largely responsible for the establishment of churches at Willoughby, Artarmon, Northbridge, and Lane Cove. During the war he acted as a chaplain in the expeditionary forces. He has also interested himself in local public and philanthropic movements.
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 14 November 1936 page 11
Submitted 31 March 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Rev. Alexander Clark.
26 YEARS' CONTINUOUS MINISTRY.
The Rev. Alexander Clark has completed 26 years' continuous ministry in the Crow's Nest Presbyterian Church, and tomorrow he will be one of the preachers at the forty eighth anniversary of this church.
Mr. Clark was inducted to this charge in 1910. The present church was built on the site of Crow's Nest Cottage, one of the earliest residences an the North Shore, on the verandah of which the first Presbyterian service was held, in 1888. He arrived from Scotland in 1897, when he was appointed to Mackay (Queensland), then a large parish. Transferred to Toowong, near Brisbane, three years later, he ministered there until 1904, in which year he accepted a unanimous call to Bathurst. Mr. Clark's activities have been wider than his parish, and he was largely responsible for the establishment of churches at Willoughby, Artarmon, Northbridge, and Lane Cove. During the war he acted as a chaplain in the expeditionary forces. He has also interested himself in local public and philanthropic movements.
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 14 November 1936 page 11
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