Arthur Hill CLARKE

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CLARKE, Arthur Hill

Service Number:	188
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 13 June 1874
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 2 January 1959, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Section: BWS Row: Y5 Site: 7912
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 188, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 188, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 188, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Arthur Hill Clarke was born on 13 Jun 1874 in Queensland, a son to William Thomas Clarke and Sarah Margaretta Maria Clarke (nee Hill). He was living and working at Maryvale Station near Warwick when he enlisted for the Boer War and moved to Cairns sometime after returning from the war. He married Elizabeth Ellen Nelson on 17 Nov 1919 in Cairns, Queensland.

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