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Percy CLARKE

Regimental number3063
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolBroken Hill Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
Address209 Wright Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Florence Clarke, 282 Franklin Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date4 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 12 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 August 1916
Place of death or woundingNear Albert, France
Age at death22.4
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCourcelette british Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Florence CLARKE, Ann Street, West Croydon, South Australia. Native of Adelaide
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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