Joseph Harry CLARKE

Regimental number2880
Place of birthWauchope New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBusiness manager
Address366 Darling Street, Balmain, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Harry Clarke, Town Hall Hotel, Balmain, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Unable to read.
Family/military connectionsUncle: 3409 Pte Charles Alfred CLARKE, 1st Light Horse Regiment, effective abroad, (still overseas).
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal