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Norman Clark

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    Clark AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 2/8B AWMM
    • WWI E/8 AWMM
    • WWI 5/8A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1887 Military Personnel File Lyttelton, Christchurch Military Personnel File
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 369 East India Dock Road, London AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs E. Clark (mother) Lyttelton AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 2/8B AWMM
    • WWI E/8 AWMM
    • WWI 5/8A AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
      29 November 1915 AWMM
      Citation of DCM: Driver, New Zealand Field Artillery: For conspicuous bravery on the 27th and 28th August, 1915, at Hill 60 (Dardanelles). A fire having having been started, as the result of the enemy's firing, round a pit containing over fifty high explosive shells; Driver Clark volunteered to carry water to put out the fire, and was successful in doing so, although the section was being heavily and accurately shelled the whole time. London Gazette 26/11/1915 AWMM
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
      28 January 1916 AWMM
      M.I.D : Fitter, New Zealand Field Artillery In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton's despatch dated 11 December 1915 AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Enlisted and served in United Kingdom with British Section NZEF AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Archives New Zealand
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21894603
    Sources Used
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM
      p.46 AWMM
    • London Gazette AWMM
      28/01/1916, p1209 AWMM
    • London Gazette AWMM
      29/11/1915, p11894 AWMM
    • Palmer, Margaret E. World War I autograph album, 1916. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2005-19. AWMM
      World War I autograph album containing the signatures of 70 New Zealand soldiers at No. 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 1916. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM
    • 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. AWMM

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