Charles Henry Jennings CLARE

Regimental number13855
OccupationHarbourmaster
Next of kinWife, Mrs Martha Gertrude Clare, 42 Pomona Road, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records48
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row N, Grave No 28), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joshua and Emily Clare, Invercargill; Wife: Martha G Clare, St Joffre Street, West Esplanade, Maul, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 13