Albert Henry CLARKE

Regimental number8/743
AddressEllerslie
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Charles H Clark, Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialCaterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row C, Grave No 4), Longueval, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs Mary Clarke, 91 Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand, and the late Charles Clarke
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body