William Robinson Henry CLARKE

Regimental number4/2170
OccupationWireless operator
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Clarke, 89 Brougham Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers, Wireless Troop
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitWireless Troop, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of disease 8 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBasra War Cemetery (Plot V, Row O, Grave No 18), Iraq
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Clarke, Walker Street, Waihi, New Zealand. Wife: Ethel E N Clarke, of 'Mayfair', Municipal Buildings, Hastings, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Mesopotamia

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 23

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