Regimental number | 8/743 |
Address | Ellerslie |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, Charles H Clark, Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
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 rank | Private |
Final unit | No 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Caterpillar 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 details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |