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CLARK, Alan James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1673 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Avenel, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Avenel, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Avenel State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avenel War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1673, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1673, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 1673, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1673 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-10-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Deborah Warnock
The second Son of Henry James and Caroline Clark of ‘Burnside’, Avenel, Victoria. He was given a send-off along with six other volunteers from Avenel they were all presented with wallets and during the evening a musical programme was given, refreshments and a dance followed.
His Brother John Carleton Clark was killed in action on 3rd May 1915 Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Turkey, John is buried at Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli,Turkey
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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