Jack Bruce Clark

Forenames

Jack Bruce AWMM

Surname

Clark AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3282 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

29 Jul 1894 AWMM

Date of birth

29 July 1895

Public - Noelene - Other relative - 27 February 2017 - NZ Birth Index

Place of birth

Hamilton

Public - Noelene - Other relative - 27 February 2017 - NZ Birth Index

Next of kin

WW1 J. Clark (father), 3 Lee Street, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Noelene - Other relative - 27 February 2017 - Military File

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of Messines AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3282 AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of John and Elizabeth Clark, of Kereone Rd., Morrinsville.

Rank last held was listed as Temporary Lance Corporal.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr F. K. Thomas, Morrinsville (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 Jan 1917 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France AWMM M. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21894524
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/193081/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/193081
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 14
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.