Parents: John and Clara CLARKE, 166 Bellerine Street, Geelong, Victoria. Native of Drysdale, Victoria
Regimental number 3055
Place of birth Drysdale, Victoria
School State School, Drysdale, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Labourer
Address Drysdale, Geelong, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Father, John Clarke, Gay View, Drysdale, Victoria
Enlistment date 19 August 1915
Place of enlistment Geelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/38/2
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 58th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death 24.4
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 165
Miscellaneous information from
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Note on bottom of B.103, 'buried in vicinity of Fleurbaix'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 3055
Place of birth Drysdale, Victoria
School State School, Drysdale, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Labourer
Address Drysdale, Geelong, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Father, John Clarke, Gay View, Drysdale, Victoria
Enlistment date 19 August 1915
Place of enlistment Geelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/38/2
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 58th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death 24.4
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 165
Miscellaneous information from
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Note on bottom of B.103, 'buried in vicinity of Fleurbaix'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Parents: John and Clara CLARKE, 166 Bellerine Street, Geelong, Victoria. Native of Drysdale, Victoria
Regimental number 3055
Place of birth Drysdale, Victoria
School State School, Drysdale, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Labourer
Address Drysdale, Geelong, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Father, John Clarke, Gay View, Drysdale, Victoria
Enlistment date 19 August 1915
Place of enlistment Geelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/38/2
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 58th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death 24.4
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 165
Miscellaneous information from
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Note on bottom of B.103, 'buried in vicinity of Fleurbaix'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regimental number 3055
Place of birth Drysdale, Victoria
School State School, Drysdale, Victoria
Religion Methodist
Occupation Labourer
Address Drysdale, Geelong, Victoria
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Father, John Clarke, Gay View, Drysdale, Victoria
Enlistment date 19 August 1915
Place of enlistment Geelong, Victoria
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/38/2
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 58th Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Fleurbaix, France (Battle of Fromelles)
Age at death 24.4
Age at death from cemetery records 24
Place of burial No known grave
Commemoration details V.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 165
Miscellaneous information from
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.
Transferred to 58th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916.
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
Posted missing, 19 July 1916.
Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
Note on bottom of B.103, 'buried in vicinity of Fleurbaix'.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Inscription
"THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE"
Gravesite Details
"The fortune of war, has denied this known and honoured, ANZAC, Private CLARKE, Thomas Leslie, burial given to his comrades in death."
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