George Watson CLARK

Regimental number9/550
Date of birth4 January 1884
Place of birthBurwood, Lumsden
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressLumsden
Marital statusSingle
Height6' 1"
Weight184 lbs
Next of kinMrs W F Clark, Elles Road, East Invercargill
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateDied of wounds 5 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row E, Grave No 5), Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Invercargill (Eastern) Cemetery. Parents: William Frederick and Margaret Clark, 84 Elles Road, Invercargill. Native of Burwood Station, Southland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Egypt for Gallipoli, 20 May 1915.

Appointed Acting Sergeant, Mudros, 21 August 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 26 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Departed for Canal Zone, 23 January 1916.

Promoted Sergeant, 4 March 1916.

Transferred to No 2 Machine Gun Company, 13 March 1916.

Embarked for France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 16 September 1916; admitted to XV Corps Drg Station, 17 September 1916; transferred same day to 1/1 South Midland Division Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 19 September 1916; to England, 21 November 1916, and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea; died of wounds, 5 January 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805