CLARKE, James Gregory
| Service Number: | 50 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Wattle Flat, South Australia, 25 September 1878 |
| Home Town: | Yankalilla, Yankalilla, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Most likely Wattle Flat School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer and later Butcher |
| Died: | Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, 25 August 1964, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia Buried with wife, Elsie Hilda Clarke (nee McGuinness) |
| Memorials: | Yankalilla War Memorial Wall |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 50, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Previously served Served almost four years with 2nd Squadron Mounted Rifles, South Australia
DEATH OF BOER
WAR VETERAN
Mr. James Gregory Clarke, who passed away on 25th August, was born at Wattle Flat on 25th September 1878. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Clarke, of 'Fern Grove,' Wattle Flat. His grandfather, Mr. John Clarke, arrived in S.A. in the ship 'Tam O' Shanter.' in November, 1836 (a month before 'The Buffalo'). As a young man Mr. Clarke joined the Mounted Rifles under Major Richard Lovelock, and in 1899 he left Australia with the 2nd Australian Contingent for South Africa, taking his horse with him. Mr. Clarke was one of thirteen soldiers chosen to go to England for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902. He was the last surviving member of this contingent. Three of his brothers enlisted in 1914-18 war. In 1909 Mr. Clarke married Elsie, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Mathew McGuiness of Mvponga. His wife died several years ago, but he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. M. G. Haskett Victor Harbour, Mrs. A. I. Crisp. Melbourne, and Mrs. A. M. Attrill. Myponga.
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