Frederick Montague Clarke

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First Name:

Frederick

Middle Name:

Montague

Last Name:

Clarke

Date of Birth:

Wednesday, July 27, 1887

Mother's Name:

Amy Clarke nee Cooper

Father's Name:

Frederick Clarke

Date Enlisted:

Friday, October 9, 1914

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

Australian Army Medical Corps

Company:

2nd Australian General Hospital, 11th Field Ambulance

Awards:

1914/1915 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Tuesday, September 22, 1970

Place of Death:

Concord Hospital, Sydney

Details:

Frederick Clarke (Service No 664) was born in Hobart, Tasmania.

At enlistment, Frederick was single, 27 years old, worked as a storeman and lived in Wollongong, N.S.W. Frederick nominated his father, also Frederick, who lived in Queen's Parade, Wollongong as his next of kin.

Frederick embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A55 Kyarra with Australian General Hospital on 28th November 1914. He arrived in Egypt and saw service on hospital ships travelling between Gallipoli and Egypt, and Egypt and Australia, during 1915.

On 4th April 1916 arrived in France, and joined 11th Field Ambulance on 8th April 1916. Frederick saw service on the Western Front until he was wounded in action on 18th October 1917. He was evacuated to hospital for treatment of a gun shot wound to his right thigh. He was repatriated to Australia in April 1918 and discharged medically unfit on 15th October 1918.

In 1918 Frederick married Lydia Wynn in Sydney and they raised 4 children.

He died in 1970.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, CLARKE F