Arthur CLARKE

Regimental number8/352
AddressBluff, Southland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Hargraves, 5 Princes Street, Dunedin
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 rankLance Corporal
Final unitOtago Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialPlugge's Plateau Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 1), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alice and the late William Clarke, 19 Alfred Street, Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand. Native of Lyttelton, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body

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