Edwin Mitchelson CLARK

Regimental number12/3920
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Clark, 20 Herbert Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Tofua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives 5 March 1916 as the date of embarkation; harbour records indicate 5 March 1916 as the actual date of departure.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harriet Clark, 20 Herbert Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, and the late George Clark. Native of Whakahara, Northern Wairoa
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 7

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