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William John CLARK

Regimental number247
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Pollard, Helena Street, Guildford, Western Australia
Enlistment date7 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name16th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded at Messines, Belgium, 16 August 1917, died of wounds - intestinal obstruction.
FateDied of disease 15 January 1918
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialWillesden new Cemetery (Row K, Grave No. 672), Middlesex.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
79
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parent: William John CLARK, husband of Mrs Eva Kate Williams (Formerly CLARK), Sunderland Street, Mayfield, Newcastle, New South Wales. Born at Guildford, Perth, Western Australia

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