CLARKE C.A.

Given Names:  Cecil Austen

Service Number:  4768

Unit:  14th Battalion, 15th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  222086

Age:  21 Yrs  7 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  31-34½ In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Winifred Martha Clarke

41 Miller Grove, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  14/3/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Anchises A68

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Port Sydney                                    

Embarked:  22/9/1919                               

Disembarked:  12/11/1919

Unit:  5th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Corporal

Discharge Date:  5/3/1920                         

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  35992

Victory Medal:  35708

Other:    Military Medal

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Prahran, Victoria                          

Father:  Charles CLARKE                        

Mother:  Winifred Martha AUSTEN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Sarah Lillian ELLIOTT

DEATH

Date or Year: 31/8/1967                          

Place: Malvern, Victoria                           

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 4/3/1917; gun shot wound, thigh

Wounded in action 10/8/1918; gun shot wound, hand

Non military employment

Military Medal recommendation 19/8/1918 (altered from Distinguished Conduct Medal) for bravery in the field by leading his section against machine guns which were holding up the advance on the left flank near Littons on 10/8/1918. He succeeded in capturing one gun and causing others to retire. He was then untiring in his attention to the wounded.

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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