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Charles Henry CLARKE

Regimental number3547
Place of birthMaryborough Queensland
SchoolChristian Brothers (Catholic) College
Other trainingNil
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationSeaman
Address6th Street, South Townsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMother, Mrs Watson, 6th Street, South Townsville, Queensland
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 21 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of spinal meningitis
FateDied of disease 7 March 1916
Place of death or woundingTel el Kibir
Age at death32
Place of burialTell El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery (Grave No. 2), Egypt.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
147
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Henry and Emily CLARK, "Belma", Main Street, South Townsville, Queensland. Born at Mount Britain, Mackay, Queensland

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