'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Near BELLICOURT on 29th September this N.C.O. displayed the greatest courage and coolness during an enemy counter attack. He organised and personally led a party of bombers, drove back the enemy and succeeded in establishing a bombing block which he continued to hold until severely wounded. His prompt action and bold leadership were the means of relieving a critical situation and were a splendid example to all.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109
Date: 15 September 1919

Regimental number	2647
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
School	Scotch College, Victoria
Religion	Presbyterian
Occupation	Clerk
Address	Croxton, Victoria
Marital status	Married
Age at embarkation	29
Next of kin	Wife, Mrs Alice Evelyn Clark, Emo Road, East Malvern, Victoria
Previous military service	Nil
Enlistment date	1 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll	28 January 1916
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	60th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/77/4
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll	Private
Unit from Nominal Roll	59th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular	Died at 20th Casualty Clearing Station; buried at Doignt; awarded MM in April 1918 at Villers Bretonneux; bar gained in September 1918 when fatally wounded.
Fate	Died of wounds 5 October 1918
Place of death or wounding	Not known
Age at death	30
Age at death from cemetery records	31
Place of burial	Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial	167
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Charles John and Clara CLARK, husband of Alice E. CLARK, Gladstone Avenue, Northcote, Victoria. Native of Williamstown, Victoria
Medals	Military Medal Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15 Date: 4 February 1919 Bar to Military Medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Near BELLICOURT on 29th September this N.C.O. displayed the greatest courage and coolness during an enemy counter attack. He organised and personally led a party of bombers, drove back the enemy and succeeded in establishing a bombing block which he continued to hold until severely wounded. His prompt action and bold leadership were the means of relieving a critical situation and were a splendid example to all.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 109 Date: 15 September 1919
Other details	War service: Western Front Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Leslie Norman CLARK