Cyril CLARKE

CLARKE, Cyril

    Service Number: 883
    Enlisted: 22 September 1914, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 15th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Hinckley, England, United Kingdom, 1893
    Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Hinckley Board School, England
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 April 1915
    Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
    Plot 1, Row A, Grave 11 Rev. J. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: Grant him eternal rest, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    22 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 883, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 883, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 883, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    30 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 883, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 883 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-30

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 18 years

    Son of George Smith Clarke and Catherine Clarke

    Next of kin given as Edith Hough of 13 Mill View, Hinckley, Leicestershire. England later changed to his brother W.C. Clarke, who was serving with the Yorkshire Infantry, of Singapore later of Hinckley, England then later to another brother A.G. Clarke of Hinckley, England

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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