S14491
CLARK, Montmorency Sydney
Service Numbers: | 19349, S86176 |
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Enlisted: | 11 April 1917, Port Pirie, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 6th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 16 September 1897 |
Home Town: | Orroroo, Orroroo/Carrieton, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Natural causes, South Australia, 13 February 1968, aged 70 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Adelaide National Australia Bank WW1 Honour Board, Eudunda Arch Gates, Jamestown Soldier's Memorial Park Arch, Jamestown St James Anglican Church Stained Glass Windows and Turner Brothers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
11 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 19349, Port Pirie, South Australia | |
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2 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 19349, 14th Australian General Hospital, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne | |
2 Nov 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 19349, 14th Australian General Hospital, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
14 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 19349, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
World War 2 Service
27 Apr 1943: | Involvement Sergeant, S86176, 6th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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27 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Orroroo, SA | |
27 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, S86176 | |
6 Sep 1944: | Discharged |
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Rootsweb ID: I36273 Birth Recofrd 16 Sep 1897 in Norwood, South Australia,
Mother, Mrs Ellen Clark, Jamestown, South Australia
Previous service: 2yrs in Cadets as a Lieutenant
6mths as Sergeant in CMF
Described on enlisting as 19yrs 7mths old; single; ' 10.5" tall; 142 lbs;
dark complexion; brown eyes; black hair; Church of England
14/4/1917 enlisted at Port Pirie, SA
2/11/1917 embarked from Port of Melbourne, VIC, onboard HMAT A73 Commonwealth
as a Private in 14th Australian General Hospital, 1917 Egypt Reinforcements
10/12/1917 marched in to reinforcement camp at Moascar, Suez, Egypt
3/1/1918 marched out to 7th Sanistray Section, Moascar
18/8/1918 sick with malaria malignant - dangerously ill
admitted to 36th Stationary Hospital
Private in 14th Australian General Hospital
1/1/1919 returned to Australia onboard HT Aneas
5/2/1919 disembarked into Australia
14/3/1917 discharged from service
Medals: Victory medal (20968) and British War medal (21563)
Total service: 1 year 335 days (1 years 106 days overseas)
Married: Majory Nell CLARK (nee Weston)
d. 19/10/1936 aged 38 years. (Daughter of Mark Weston)
buried in Crystal Brook Cemetery
13/2/1968 passed away
buried in:
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/5/2016. Lest we forget.
Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.