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Military service
Service number:
F/65280
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)
Birth:
February 8, 1917
Pictou, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
April 2, 1942
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
August 8, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VII. C. 8.
Additional information
Son of Alexander and Edith Clarke of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Husband of Doris Clarke.
Digital gallery of Private John Fred Clarke
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Photo of John Fred Clarke
John F. Clarke was born in Goldboro and he was the son of Sandy & Edith Clarke. During World War II, John served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's). <P> He died on August 8, 1944 and he is buried at Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in France. <P> While overseas, John married and following his death his wife Doris and daughter Carole moved from England to Goldboro and lived there for many years. Doris is now deceased. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker (2010) at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery located outside Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (K. Falconer & J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens)
Digital gallery of
Private John Fred Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private John Fred Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private John Fred Clarke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 274 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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