CLOKE, William Francis
| Service Number: | 20 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Liverpool Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Liverpool J H Edmondson VC Memorial Clock, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 1 May 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 20, 9th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
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| 1 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 20, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 10 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 20, 9th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 20 awm_unit: 9th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-10 |
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"...20 Private (later Lance Corporal) William Francis Cloke 9th Company Australian Machine Gun Corps of Liverpool, NSW. A salesman prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Benalla (A24) on 1 May 1916. Pte Cloke was killed in action on 10 September 1917 during the Third Ypres campaign, Belgium, aged 27. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
4th Machine Gun Battalion
Rank - Lance Corporal
24 October 1916 - To hospital in England - Rhinitis
17 March 1917 - To hospital - Myalgia
12 June 1917 - Wounded in action (shell shock)
5 September 1917 - Rejoined unit from wounding
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the 43rd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces
Parents had to sign a consent form prior to his enlistment
Son of Alfred and Catherine Mary Cloke, of Norfolk St., Liverpool, New South Wales. Parents chose to honour their son and the other young men who lost their lives with an Honour Board
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