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Maurice CLARKE

Regimental number4175
Place of birthTerang, Victoria
SchoolSt Patrick College, Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressCurdie Street, Cobden, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Mr H H Clarke, Curdie Street, Cobden, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Lieutenant in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date29 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 August 1918
Place of death or woundingLihons, Amiens, France
Age at death24
Place of burialHeath Cemetery, (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 10), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
43
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Cobden Cemetery, Victoria. Parents: Henry Herbert and Mary Ann CLARKE.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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