The AIF Project

Francis Andrew CLARKE

Regimental number884
Place of birthWattle Flat, South Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressWattle Flat, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, James Clarke, Wattle Flat, South Australia
Enlistment date3 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death28
Place of burial7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (Sp. Mem. B. 7), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
75
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. Wattle Flat, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3229 Pte Sydney Norman CLARKE, 9th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 10 July 1919; 52 Pte Arthur Joseph Stanley CLARKE, 27th Bn, killed in action, 30 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.