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Charles Edmund CLARKE

Regimental number5670
Place of birthDeloraine, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Deloraine, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressExeter, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mr E Clarke, Exeter, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A49 Seang Choon on 8 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31.6
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 22), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Ellen CLARKE. Native of Deloraine, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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