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Robert Joseph CLARKE

Regimental number8184
Place of birthMacQuarie Plains, Tasmania
SchoolScotch College, Launceston, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address31 Gleadow Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Lilian Wood, 31 Gleadow Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNaval reserve
Enlistment date5 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 17
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 22 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stephen Kitchen an Annie Lillian CLARKE, 18 Mayne Street, Invermay, Tasmania. Born at Launceston, Tasmania

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