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CLARKE, Edward Beech
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4315 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 April 1917, Kantanning, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Numurkah, Vic., 1890 |
| Home Town: | Dumbleyung, Dumbleyung Shire, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Dunbleyung, Western Australia, 6 December 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Nippering-Dumbleyung Cemetery, Nippering, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Wagin Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4315, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Kantanning, WA | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 4315, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 4315, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
While still in his teens, Edward Beech Clarke, an orphaned only child, left Katamatite in Northern Victoria with his few possessions in a tin trunk. After workingon farms and selections for a time, Ted Clarke took up land at Candlelight, an abandoned selection previosly in the hands of Bill Burton.
£28,832 TO FAMILY
Moulyinning farmer Edward Beech Clarke, who died aged 65, on December 6 last, left an estate of £28,832.
Beneficiaries are his widow and three of his four children.
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