Joseph CLARKE

Regimental number7346
Place of birthDonegal, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWicker worker
AddressPaddington, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 9.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E E Clarke, Bernard Street, Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed for 5 years in the Moreton Regiment, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date9 November 1916
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 24 January 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2346
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 15 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Fanny CLARKE
Discharge date8 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 24 January 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 17 March 1917; discharged from ship's hospital, 26 March 1917 (no further details recorded); disembarked Devonport, England, 12 April 1917, and marched in to 3rd Training Bn. admitted to Parkhouse Military Hospital, 24 April 1917 (mumps). Marched in to 1st Training Bn from hospital, 12 May 1917. Admitted to Sutton Veny Military Hospital, 29 October 1917 (pleurisy); marched in to 1st Training Bn, Sutton Veny, 21 November 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 12 March 1918; taken on strength, 15th Bn, 18 March 1918.

Admitted to 4th Australian Field Ambulance, 13 July 1918 (influenza); transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station, 13 July 1918; to 9th General Hospital, Rouen, 17 July 1918; to England, 21 July 1918, and admitted to 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge, 22 July 1918. Discharged on furlough, 3 September 1918, to report to Littlemoor Camp, Weymouth, 27 September 1918. Marched out to No 1 Command Depot, Sutton Veny, 4 October 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'City of Exeter', 15 January 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 2 March 1919, for onward travel to Brisbane; discharged, Brisbane, 8 April 1919. ;

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death15 May 1942
Age at death58
Place of burialCremated (no details supplied)
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLARKE Joseph