Joseph Harry (Willie) CLARKE

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CLARKE, Joseph Harry

Service Number:	2880
Enlisted:	12 June 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Wauchope, NSW, 1892
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School NSW
Occupation:	Business Manager
Died:	Died of wounds, Belgium, 1 October 1917
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV. E. 13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

12 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2880, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW
26 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2880, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
26 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2880, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
1 Oct 1917:	Involvement Private, 2880, 14th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2880 awm_unit: 14 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-01

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Harry and Catherine Clarke, of "Karangi," Lamrock Avenue, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales.

A BRAVE AND KINDLY LAD LOVED AND MOURNED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM

Member of the Waratah 166 Lodge

CLARKE.— Died of wounds in France, 1st October, 1917, Signaller J. H. Clarke (Willie), dearly loved eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarke, Town Hall Hotel, Balmain, late of Coraki, Richmond River.
Deeply mourned and loved by all who knew him
A young life sacrificed for his country.

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