Private Robert Clarke
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1896-11-01
Place of birth: Plumbstead England
Next of kin: Frank Clarke, father. 52 Daly Street Stratford, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Address:
52 Daly Street Stratford, Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-07-16
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Barlin Communal Cemetery, II. C. 18.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 53785
Highest Rank:
Private
(18th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-10-24 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Severely wounded July 9, 1917 by an enemy shell, which burst in his billets, evacuated to No. 6 Casualty Clearing Station, where he died a week later
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 469785
LAC ID:
104052
Service file: B1759-S039
Uploader's Notes: Son of Theodore Francis 'Frank' Clarke and Sarah Ann Webster Clarke (nee Gosling); younger brother of Henry James Clarke (Service No. 402483) and Stanley Frank Clarke (Service No. 402484)
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 18th Battalion D Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-09-21