Alexander CLARKE

Regimental number52380
Date of birth12 November 1889
Place of birthAuckland
OccupationButtermaker
Next of kinSister, Miss Louisa Clarke, Thames Road, Paeroa
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 September 1918
Discharge date26 November 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 12 June 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 13 June 1917 (sea sickness); discharged, 18 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 16 August 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 19 November 1917.

Admitted to Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 7 January 1918; transferred to Military Hospital, Boulogne, 11 January 1918; transferred to England and admitted to Lewisham Military Hospital, 23 January 1918; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 12 February 1918; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 13 March 1918.

Admitted to 1st NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 7 June 1918 (chronic headaches); discharged to Torquay, 24 July 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Remuera', 7 September 1918; discharged, 26 November 1918 (no longer physically fit for war service: headaches, feeblemindedness)

War service: 1 year 231 days (of which 1 year 134 days was abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 23
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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