Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Clark, Alfred

Born 19^th May 1893 Ellendale Tasmania the son of George and Margaret Clark (nee McCallum) a farmer who embarked Melbourne 21^st October 1916 on board “HMAT Port Melbourne” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

He died 7^th June 1917 at the 2^nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station France from a gunshot wound to the left buttock and was buried in the Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France.

His brother Pte Arthur Clark (No 2306) also died of wounds in France on the 7^th July 1917 and was buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord, France.

Our Ellendale correspondent writes

"Mr Geo Clark of Shamrock Valley, Ellendale, has been notified by the military authorities that his son Private Alfred Clark died of wounds in the Second Australian Casualty Station in France on the 7th inst Another son, Private Arthur Clark is also on active service having enlisted at the same time as his brother Much sympathy is felt for Mr and Mrs Geo Clark and family in their sad bereavement "

The Mercury 20^th June 1917

Alf & Arthur Clark brothers both KIA

Photo Courtesy Jim Rouse jim@40th-bn.org

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