Regimental number | 4155 |
Place of birth | Jerilderie, New South Wales |
School | State School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Jeweller |
Address | Terminus Street, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 4.75" |
Weight | 113 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr W.A. Clark, Terminus Street, Liverpool, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Warwick Farm, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 13th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A6 Aeneas on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 4155A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 21 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 10), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 158 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Town. Liverpool, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Allotted to and proceeded to 54th Bn, Zeitoun, 16 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported missing, 20 July 1916. Extracted from list of dead whose pay books were handed to German authorities by Geneva Red Cross. Ruling of Assistant Adjutant General, ANZAC Section, War Office, 27 November 1916, as killed in action, 20 July 1916. Translation of German Report, 14 November 1919, 'Pay-book handed over by Intell: Off; with 6th Army H.Q. ... 17/8/16. Australian Pte. R.A. Clark, 54th Btn. C Co. fell in the neighbourhood of Fromelles on 19/7/16'. Report from the Australian Red Cross, Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau, 15 October 1920, 'Clark, R. A. C. Co. 54 Austr. Batl. Fell 19.7.16 Fromelles. Final German Death List, B'. Red Cross File No 740412 has statement from 2475 J.A. WHITNEY, A Company, 56th Bn: 'He was killed close to me, blown to pieces at Levantie at 9 a.m. on 20th July.' 'Identity disc received from Germany and despatched N/K 24.1.17' Red Cross Bureau wrote to Adjutant, 54th Bn, 17 November [1916], seeking to reconcile differing accounts: 'A clear understanding of this case may help us to decipher future German Lists, which are always very muddled and contradictory, - from several of the Camps we believe intentionally so.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Father's address subsequently 'Royston', 386 Liverpool Road, Enfield, New South Wales (25 January 1917). |
Sources | NAA: B2455, CLARK Roy Allison
Red Cross file 740412 |