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Edwin Mitchelson Clark

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edwin Mitchelson AWMM
  • Surname
    Clark AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Edwin Michelson Clark AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3920 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1896 AWMM Northern Wairoa, Dargaville AWMM
  • Date of birth
    13 March 1896 Public - Janice - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Whakahara, Northern Wairoa Public - Janice - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    20 Herbert Road, Mt Eden, Auckland Public - Janice - Other relative - 1 October 2017 - Family papers
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Harriet Clark (mother), 20 Herbert Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 4 March 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Battle of Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3920 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Apprentice carpenter with Henderson & Pollard Ltd, Auckland Public - Janice - Other relative - 1 October 2017 - Family papers
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edwin Clark was the son of George Clark and Harriet Maria Clark, of 20 Herbert Road, Mt Eden, Auckland AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Passchendaele, Ypres AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Battle of Broodseinde Public - Janice - Other relative - 1 October 2017 - Military personnel file
  • Cause of death
    • Died of wounds AWMM
    • Shell blast to back. Public - Janice - Other relative - 1 October 2017 - Family papers
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Auckland Weekly News, 15 November 1917, p. 30 "CLARK. On October 4, died of wounds, Sergeant Edwin Mitchelson Clark, the youngest son of the late George and Harriet Clark, of Whakahara, Herbert Road, Mount Eden; aged 21 years." AWMM
  • Memorial name
    Memorial plaque, All Saint's Church, Mititai, Northland Public - Janice - Other relative - 1 October 2017 - Family papers
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville 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
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • In memory of one of my two namesakes
    Public - George Bruno Edward - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
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