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Rupert Harold CLARKE

Regimental number3139
Place of birthMount Perry Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressGladstone, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Elizabeth Funk, William Street, Gladstone, Queensland
Previous military service3rd Infantry
Enlistment date10 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 August 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3140 Pte William Harry Peter CLARKE, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 September 1948

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