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CLARKE, William Edward Wesley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3943 |
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Enlisted: | 25 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
Born: | Smeaton, Victoria, 1889 |
Home Town: | Mole Creek, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 August 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Plot II, Row E, Grave 6, Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mole Creek War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3943, 12th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania | |
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24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3943, 12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on RMS Orontes from Melbourne on 24th November 1915 | |
18 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
3 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) | |
14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3943, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3943 awm_unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-08-14 |
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