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Jack Mortimer CLARKE

Regimental number1904
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationClerk
AddressMontana 160 Arthur Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, G T Clarke, Montana 160 Arthur Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 9 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll17th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 10 June 1915 - 17 Battalion 3rd Reinforcements; taken on strength 17 Battalion 10 January 1916; Lcpl 13 March 1916; mortally wounded 28 July 1916.
FateDied of wounds 29 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death22
Place of burialWarloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 27), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. North Sydney, New South Wales

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