Henry George Clark
Born 22 Mar 1893 - Died 23 Aug 1918
- Service number
- WWI 4/74 AWMM
- WWI 4/1905 AWMM
- WWI 4/1905 AWMM
- Also known as
- Clarke AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Henry George AWMM
- Surname
- Clark AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Clarke AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 4/74 AWMM
- WWI 4/1905 AWMM
- WWI 4/1905 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 22 Mar 1893 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- Whakahara, Northern Wairoa, via DargavillePublic - Janice - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Family papers
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- 'Whakahara', 20 Herbert Road, Mt Eden, AucklandPublic - Janice - Other relative - 8 October 2015 - family papers
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 H. Clark (mother), 20 Abbott Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- WW1 Mrs Harriet Clarke (mother), 20 Herbert Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
- Pre 04 Mar 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 4/74 AWMM
- WWI 4/1905 AWMM
- WWI 4/1905 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
MM. London Gazette, 28 January 1918, p1405, Rec No 1612: During operation Belle Vue Spur near Passchendale on 12th October, Sapper Clark went forward with 2nd Brigade Forward Station Party about midnight. Under shellfire they wended their way towards the front line. At daylight they were met by heavy machine gun and shellfire. Sapper Clark was twice knocked down by concussion and debris but carried on as most of the party had been knocked out. He was eventually the only visual man left but set up station at Waterloo House. Without cover he got "through" to Abraham's Heights and transmitted messages. At this time Waterloo was heavily shelled and his conduct was of exeptional nature. Sapper Clark has done work of the greatest value throughout the period the division has been on the Ypres Front. AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- 1914 - 1915 StarPublic - John - Direct descendant - 22 August 2026 - I have the medals in front of me
- Military Medal (MM) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Railway clerk/Civilian AWMM
- WW1 Railway clerk/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Sapper AWMM Railway Engineers AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
- WW1 04 Mar 1916-08 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 47 or HMNZT 48 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Sapper AWMM 10th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of George and Harriet Clark of 20 Herbert Road, Mount Eden, Auckland.
This person is listed as Clarke in the Nominal Roll.
Next of kin listed incorrecly in Nominal Roll 26 as H. Clark (father) - this should be mother.
Next of Kin: Mrs H. clark, Mt Eden, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Second son of George & Harriet (nee Wooderson) of Whakahara, Northern Wairoa, Northland. George worked for the NZ Railways. He enlisted in 1914 into the NZ Field Artillery (Signals) Corps (4/1905) and his first overseas war experience was at Samoa as part of the liberation force sent there. He went on to France seeing his remaining service on the Western Front. His younger brother Edwin Mitchelson Clark (12/3920)was killed at Paschendaele 4/10/17. On 12th October 1917 George was awarded the MM at this place. He was an avid writer and kept diaries of his wartime experiences. These are now in the possession of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. After surviving many harrowing experiences & near misses he sadly lost his life while attempting to put up a telephone wire at Gezaincourt when a shell landed too close, causing him catastrophic wounds from which he died from. He left behind 8 very sad sisters, a brother & a mother mourning the loss of two of her three sons. He was my great-uncle; my grandmothers brother.Public - Janice - Other relative - 8 October 2015 - Family history & papers
- Son of George and Harriet Clark of 20 Herbert Road, Mount Eden, Auckland.
About death
- Death
- 23 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Shell blastPublic - Janice - Other relative - 8 October 2015 - Family history
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM VI A 2 AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
- Memorial dedication panel, altar, St Alban's, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Roll of Honour, St Alban's, Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Memorial plaque, All Saint's Church, Mititai, NorthlandPublic - Janice - Other relative - 23 May 2020 - All Saint's Church
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21894504
Further Reference - The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
https://www.cwgc.org/
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 127 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
26: 22 - 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. 2: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927.
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