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Alexander Clarke

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 23 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 67), Page: 23 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Clarke AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 52380 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 November 1889 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Louisa Clarke (sister), Thames Road, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 52380 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 Unknown AWMM Butter maker/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 12 June 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 13 June 1917 (sea sickness); discharged, 18 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 16 August 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 19 November 1917.
    Admitted to Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 7 January 1918; transferred to Military Hospital, Boulogne, 11 January 1918; transferred to England and admitted to Lewisham Military Hospital, 23 January 1918; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 12 February 1918; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 13 March 1918.
    Admitted to 1st NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 7 June 1918 (chronic headaches); discharged to Torquay, 24 July 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Remuera', 7 September 1918; discharged, 26 November 1918 (no longer physically fit for war service: headaches, feeblemindedness)
    War service: 1 year 231 days (of which 1 year 134 days was abroad). AWMM
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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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