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Military service
Service number:
63205
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
October 31, 1887
Plumstead, Kent, England
Enlistment:
October 27, 1914
Montreal, Québec
Death:
June 9, 1916
St. Omer, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 3.
Additional information
Son of William John and Catherine Ellen Clarke, of Plumstead, Kent, England
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Charles Clarke
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Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Insigne d'épaule
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 23rd Bn (Reserve). Private Clarke was originally a member of the 23rd Bn before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
États de Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo de ERNEST CHARLES CLARKE
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CHILD TO CLAYTON. Microform Sequence 20; Volume Number 31829_B016729. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 164. Page 817 of 1068
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Clarke
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Charles Clarke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 67 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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