Regimental number | 583 |
Place of birth | Melbourne, Victoria |
School | Armadale State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Process engraver |
Address | 3 Gordon grove, Malvern |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Ross Clark, 8 Gordon Grove, Malvern |
Previous military service | 46 Reg Brighton Rifles - Citizen Forces |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 24th Battalion |
Promotions |
2nd Lieutenant Unit: INF24 Promotion date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined C Co. 24 Btn at Broadmeadows; promoted 2LT in Gallipoli, December 1915. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Pozieres british Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 2), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 101 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles Ross and Christina CLARK, 8 Gordon Grove, Malvern, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2Lt Harold Ross Clark, killed in action Messines Road 16 ? 1917;brother in law: Lt Hunert Percy Fraser 22 Btn, killed in action 3 May 1917. |