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Raymond Chatfield CLARKE

Regimental number15941
Date of birth16 August 1893
Place of birthBurwood, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationAccountant
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinFather, Arthur Bell Clarke, Park Avenue, Burwood, Sudney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 November 1917
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameAustralian Army Service Corps, 1st & 2nd Anzac Mounted Divisions, 15th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Discharge date24 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Sydney, 30 April 1918; disembarked Suez, 7 June 1918.

Taken on strength, 38th Company, AASC, Australian Mounted Division Train, in the field, 25 July 1918.

Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 27 March 1919 (aural abscess); discharged to duty, and rejoined unit, 1 April 1919.

Marched out to Anzac Mounted Divisional Train, 3 June 1919.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Burma', 26 July 1919; disembarked Sydney, 1 September 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), 24 September 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLARKE Raymond Chatfield

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