2nd of 13 children of John Thomas Clark & Elizabeth Victoria Cheer
He served in WWI as Trooper 74817 with the 41st Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade, NZEF. He enlisted as a self-employed dairy farmer c/o Post Office, Woodville.
Examined: 18th Oct 1919
Date of Birth: July 8th 1890
Where parents were born: Dunedin & Hastings
Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Height: 5 foot 5¼ inches
Weight: 140 lb
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Grey
Hair: light Brown
He embarked at Wellington on the Moeraki, 10 Oct 1918, then transhipped to Malta at Sydney for Suez on 16 Oct 1918, His next of kin was his mother at Ngawapurua, Woodville.
* He commenced duties on 6 March 1918, discharged on 11 Oct 1919 and received the British War Medal on 19 Sep 1924
On 16 Jan 1957, the Minister of Defence replied to a letter from the Right Hon. Keith Holyoake at parliament House, Wellington
.. Dear Mr Holyoake, You will recall that recently you approached us on behalf of Mr B. (Bertie) Clark, 9 Gray Street, Woodville, regarding a Will executed by his brother, Cecil John Clark, while serving with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
I have now made enquiries and find that Messrs Siddells and Siddells, Solicitors of Woodville, communicated with the Army authorities on this matter some few weeks ago when they were informed that there was no record of a Will made by the soldier in question.
Where Wills are held by Army on behalf of solders serving overseas these documents are returned to them on their discharge and, normally, no record of them is retained.
Assuming that Mr Clark's brother had made and left his Will with the Army authorities this would have been returned to him in the usual way after discharge and in the circumstances I regret that I am not able to assist him in tracing the document.
Mr Clark's letter is returned herewith.
Yours faithfully, T. L. Macdonald, Minister of Defence.
He served in WWI as Trooper 74817 with the 41st Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade, NZEF. He enlisted as a self-employed dairy farmer c/o Post Office, Woodville.
Examined: 18th Oct 1919
Date of Birth: July 8th 1890
Where parents were born: Dunedin & Hastings
Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Height: 5 foot 5¼ inches
Weight: 140 lb
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Grey
Hair: light Brown
He embarked at Wellington on the Moeraki, 10 Oct 1918, then transhipped to Malta at Sydney for Suez on 16 Oct 1918, His next of kin was his mother at Ngawapurua, Woodville.
* He commenced duties on 6 March 1918, discharged on 11 Oct 1919 and received the British War Medal on 19 Sep 1924
On 16 Jan 1957, the Minister of Defence replied to a letter from the Right Hon. Keith Holyoake at parliament House, Wellington
.. Dear Mr Holyoake, You will recall that recently you approached us on behalf of Mr B. (Bertie) Clark, 9 Gray Street, Woodville, regarding a Will executed by his brother, Cecil John Clark, while serving with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
I have now made enquiries and find that Messrs Siddells and Siddells, Solicitors of Woodville, communicated with the Army authorities on this matter some few weeks ago when they were informed that there was no record of a Will made by the soldier in question.
Where Wills are held by Army on behalf of solders serving overseas these documents are returned to them on their discharge and, normally, no record of them is retained.
Assuming that Mr Clark's brother had made and left his Will with the Army authorities this would have been returned to him in the usual way after discharge and in the circumstances I regret that I am not able to assist him in tracing the document.
Mr Clark's letter is returned herewith.
Yours faithfully, T. L. Macdonald, Minister of Defence.
2nd of 13 children of John Thomas Clark & Elizabeth Victoria Cheer
He served in WWI as Trooper 74817 with the 41st Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade, NZEF. He enlisted as a self-employed dairy farmer c/o Post Office, Woodville.
Examined: 18th Oct 1919
Date of Birth: July 8th 1890
Where parents were born: Dunedin & Hastings
Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Height: 5 foot 5¼ inches
Weight: 140 lb
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Grey
Hair: light Brown
He embarked at Wellington on the Moeraki, 10 Oct 1918, then transhipped to Malta at Sydney for Suez on 16 Oct 1918, His next of kin was his mother at Ngawapurua, Woodville.
* He commenced duties on 6 March 1918, discharged on 11 Oct 1919 and received the British War Medal on 19 Sep 1924
On 16 Jan 1957, the Minister of Defence replied to a letter from the Right Hon. Keith Holyoake at parliament House, Wellington
.. Dear Mr Holyoake, You will recall that recently you approached us on behalf of Mr B. (Bertie) Clark, 9 Gray Street, Woodville, regarding a Will executed by his brother, Cecil John Clark, while serving with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
I have now made enquiries and find that Messrs Siddells and Siddells, Solicitors of Woodville, communicated with the Army authorities on this matter some few weeks ago when they were informed that there was no record of a Will made by the soldier in question.
Where Wills are held by Army on behalf of solders serving overseas these documents are returned to them on their discharge and, normally, no record of them is retained.
Assuming that Mr Clark's brother had made and left his Will with the Army authorities this would have been returned to him in the usual way after discharge and in the circumstances I regret that I am not able to assist him in tracing the document.
Mr Clark's letter is returned herewith.
Yours faithfully, T. L. Macdonald, Minister of Defence.
He served in WWI as Trooper 74817 with the 41st Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade, NZEF. He enlisted as a self-employed dairy farmer c/o Post Office, Woodville.
Examined: 18th Oct 1919
Date of Birth: July 8th 1890
Where parents were born: Dunedin & Hastings
Occupation: Dairy Farmer
Height: 5 foot 5¼ inches
Weight: 140 lb
Complexion: Fair
Eyes: Grey
Hair: light Brown
He embarked at Wellington on the Moeraki, 10 Oct 1918, then transhipped to Malta at Sydney for Suez on 16 Oct 1918, His next of kin was his mother at Ngawapurua, Woodville.
* He commenced duties on 6 March 1918, discharged on 11 Oct 1919 and received the British War Medal on 19 Sep 1924
On 16 Jan 1957, the Minister of Defence replied to a letter from the Right Hon. Keith Holyoake at parliament House, Wellington
.. Dear Mr Holyoake, You will recall that recently you approached us on behalf of Mr B. (Bertie) Clark, 9 Gray Street, Woodville, regarding a Will executed by his brother, Cecil John Clark, while serving with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
I have now made enquiries and find that Messrs Siddells and Siddells, Solicitors of Woodville, communicated with the Army authorities on this matter some few weeks ago when they were informed that there was no record of a Will made by the soldier in question.
Where Wills are held by Army on behalf of solders serving overseas these documents are returned to them on their discharge and, normally, no record of them is retained.
Assuming that Mr Clark's brother had made and left his Will with the Army authorities this would have been returned to him in the usual way after discharge and in the circumstances I regret that I am not able to assist him in tracing the document.
Mr Clark's letter is returned herewith.
Yours faithfully, T. L. Macdonald, Minister of Defence.
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Trooper 74817
C. J. CLARK
Wellington Mounted Rifles
Died 16-10-1956 aged 66 years
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