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Walter Allen CLARKE

Regimental number6534
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShearer
AddressMoree, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.4
Height5' 3.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFriend, P O'Keefe, Wonda Street, Merrylands, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 January 1917
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll16 January 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 16 January 1917 - 18 Battalion 19th Reinforcement; taken on strength 18 Battalion, 28 August 1917; wounded in action, Villers-Bretonneux 19 May 1918.
FateDied of illness 29 April 1919
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Fate incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as 'Died of disease'.
Age at death31
Place of burialSt Lawrence Churchyard (Australian Grave No. 103), Harefield, Middlesex, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
85
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town: Moree, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died of pneumonia.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLARKE Walter Allen

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