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Thornton Gainsburgh CLARKE

Regimental number2830
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Essendon, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationElectric engineer
AddressPreston, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 10"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs G Clarke, Athelstone, Cromer Street, Preston, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 19), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Rebecca Ann CLARKE; Wife: Annie M. CLARKE, 'Athelstone', Cramer Street, Preston, Victoria. Native of Essendon, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined 8th Bn, Anzac, Gallipoli, 7 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Appointed Lance Corporal, 19 February 1916.

Transferred to 60th Bn, and taken on strength, 24 February 1916.

Promoted Corporal, Duntroon Plateau, 5 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten notation on Form B103: 'Buried'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CLARKE Thornton Gainsburgh

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