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Henry Frampton (Harry) Clarke

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Western Mail 1 Nov 1918 p.23
Personal Information
Date of Birth unknown
Place of Birth North Adelaide, South Australia
Death 15 Feb 1962, aged 76
Place of Death Manjimup
Age at Enlistment 29 years, 4 months
Description 5'7½" (1.71m) tall; 138 lbs (62.6 kg); fair complexion grey eyes, light brown hair
Occupation horse driver
Religion Church of England
Address c/- Post Office, Kelmscott, Western Australia
Next of Kin Father Mr Thomas Clarke
Military Information
Reg Number 991
Date of Enlistment 12 Oct 1916
Rank Lance Corporal
Unit/Formation Australian Remount Unit, 4th Squadron / ANZAC Mounted Division
Date of Embarkation 12 Nov 1915 - unknown at Port Suez
Ship Embarked On HMAT A67 Orsova
Date of Return 26 Jul 1919 - 22 Aug 1919
Ship Returned On HMT Burma
Fate Returned to Australia
Monument Kelmscott
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal


Pre War

Electoral Roll entries - 1909 a butcher in Kelmscott; 1913 a labourer

War Service

Initial training was with the Remount unit based at Guildford. Saw service in Egypt and Palestine with rear echelon units, primarily in the Moascar area, but he managed a week as far forward as Jericho. On 17 Jan 1918 he was appointed Lance Corporal One of six WA men to arrive home on the SS Burma which stopped over in Colombo for a day with some of the men taking up an offer for a sightseeing trip to Kandy. The remount unit was responsible for maintaining horse numbers in active units, looking after ill or worn out horses, and sourcing new mounts for the active units. Travelling back to Australia, he boarded the ship at Kantara Discharged 5th Military District on 14 Oct 1919.

Post War

Electoral Roll entries - 1925 with wife Mary Ethel in Kelmscott - a dairy farmer; 1931 - 1958 a group settler at "Group 83 Appadene" Manjimup. 1963 and 1968 Mary by herself at 4 Dunreath Cottages, Manjimup. Mary died 14 Apr 1971 aged 81.

Son Cpl Thomas Henry Edward Clarke WX26745 44th Battalion AIF died 12 Apr 1944 aged 22. Buried Atherton War Cemetery. Other children were Jack, Doreen, Ben and Nellie.


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