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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Clarke, Arthur James Service Number 1888A(1070)
Killed in Action 12th October 1917 Belgium or France
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
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NAME Clarke, Arthur James
SERVICE NO 1888A (1070)
UNIT 55th Battalion/ 3
rd Rfs
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 31 yrs 1 mth
PLACE OF BIRTH Launceston, Tasmania
ADDRESS North Goulburn
OCCUPATION Bridge Carpenter/Labourer/ Farmer
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 18 Jan 1916
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Goulburn, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
NEXT OF KIN Father;- William Thomas Clarke Cross St Neutral Bay
51 Bay St Double Bay, NSW
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’ 10”.Weight-150lbs. Chest 33-36
Complexion-Medium-. Hair-.Fair. Eyes Brown.
RELIGION R/C
EMBARKED Sydney- 23 Jun 1916 per Baramban
DISEMBARKED Plymouth 25 Aug 1916
NOTES AWOL midnight 24 Oct 1916 –Noon 25 Oct 1916
7 Jan 1917 duty with Railway Construction Dept West Capree, France till 10 Feb 1917.
WOUNDED/ILLNESS Sick to Hospital 24 Jun 1917 -3 Jul 1917. Wounded in Action 1 Aug 1917. rejoined unit 12 Oct 1917. GSW Face re-ceived Boulogne.
DIED KIA 12 Oct 1917 Belgium
BURIED
MEDALS British War Medal-42897. Victory Medal-42432
Memorial Plaque & Scroll - 337474
DEPENDANTS Father
GOSFORD TIMES. 24.1.1918.
Unofficial information was received here last week of the death in France of Private Arthur Clarke, who be-
fore enlisting, was on the staff of the local bank. He died some months ago, of wounds received in action.
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
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Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1966475