School | Sydney Church of England Grammar School |
Other training | Sydney University, Doctor of Medicine |
Occupation | Medical practitioner |
Address | Lane Cove Road, Wahroonga, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Next of kin | Father, Mordaunt W S Clarke, Braithwaite Bay Road, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Captain |
Unit name | 34th Battalion, Headquarters |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/51/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Army Medical Corps |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 42 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 42 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 5), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 123 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mordaunt William Shipley and Georgine Alice CLARKE, Branthwaite Bay Road, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousin: [617] Captain Gother Hubert MANN MC, 4th Bn, returned to Australia, 7 February 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |