Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Clark, James Arthur

Born 1893 Deloraine Tasmania to Arthur James and Susan Jane Clark (nee Blair) a butter factory assistant who had spent 3 years with the Senior Cadets in Launceston, he embarked Hobart 20^th October 1914 on board “HMAT Geelong” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

On 18^th June 1915 he was appointed Acting Corporal with the rank of Corporal following on 1^st July 1915 which was quickly followed by hid appointment to Sergeant on 25^th July 1915.

He was killed in action 23^rd July 1916 in France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

Writing to the relatives of the late Sergeant J. A. N. Clark, Sergeant J. Webster explains how he met his death. - "We were going into a trench occupied by another company, and we had to wait till they got out. About 50 of us were sitting in a shell crater, and I was next to Jim. We were only there about five minutes when a shell came and burst right among us. I was unconscious with the concussion for about 15 minutes. When I came to I saw poor old Jim lying beside me dead, without a mark on him. The concussion killed him and two others. We buried him and I can he assure you he died without pain. He went straight out. I only knew him for a few months but I think of him as the finest man I ever met. Any mother should be proud of such a sterling soldier for a son. The worst of the war it is that it seems to pick out the best men."

Examiner 6^th October 1916

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