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Tasman Leslie CLARK

Regimental number1072
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPlasterer
Address188 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs Isabelle Clark, 188 Collins Street, Hobart, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 April 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death20 April 1916
Age at death25
Place of burialBologne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row A, Grave No. 97), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1071 Sergeant Cecil Roy CLARK, 26th Bn, killed in action, 9 August 1918; Captain Walter CLARKE, Permanent Staff List, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919*; 1249 Pte Charles Henry CLARK, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 28 March 1919; 6209 Sapper Edward Alfred CLARK, 12th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 13 April 1919. [* Note Spelling of surname: there is no Walter CLARK from Tasmania; no Walter CLARK from elsewhere in Australia matches.]
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Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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