Alfred Reginald Clarke
(Confirmed)
Born: 3 June, 1888
Died: 25 September, 1917
Biographical Summary:
Killed in action by artillery fire on 25 September 1917 at Polygon Wood during the Battle of Menin Road. His body was never recovered.
He married Essie Fredellia Rees on 1 October 1916 at Bathurst and departed for service overseas on 3 November 1916. Essie remarried in March 1919 to Jabez Emanuel Cecil Carr and was living at Mosman at the time of Jabez's death in 1921.
The Commonwealth War Graves information for Alfred Reginald Clarke gives Essie's address as 9 Prince Albert Street, Mosman which is the address of Ernest Shoobridge Carr, her second husband's half-brother. [JSB]
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Service Number: 3019
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Main Sources:
- Clarke Alfred Reginald SERN 3019 POB Melbourne VIC POE Sydney NSW NOK W Clarke Essie F (Webpage)
- Find War Dead CLARKE ALFRED REGINALD (Webpage)
- Red Cross Wounded and Missing Alfred Reginald Clarke (Webpage)
- Roll of Honour Alfred Reginald Clarke (Webpage)
- First World War Embarkation Rolls Alfred Reginald Clarke (Webpage)
- VICTORIAN ATHLETIC GOSSIP (Newspaper Article)
- Private A R Clarke (Newspaper Article)
- WAR CASUALTIES KILLED (Newspaper Article)
- Death Notices The Argus 27 October 1917 (Newspaper Article)
- Death Notice The Argus 31 October 1917 (Newspaper Article)
- Death Notice The Sun 16 November 1917 (Newspaper Article)
- Death Notice SMH 17 November 1917 (Newspaper Article)
- Birth Notice (Newspaper Article)
- Marriage Notice (Newspaper Article)
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