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Military service
Service number:
153560
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
March 10, 1890
Davenport, England
Enlistment:
July 30, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
March 4, 1921
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Mil. 307.
Additional information
Son of George P. and Helen Augusta Clarke, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was an accountant and single. He had former service with the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada. He was promoted to L/Cpl on 15 January 1917, then to Cpl on 30 March 1917 then requested to be reverted to Pte on 11 July 1917. He served in Canada, Britain and France. He embarked on the RMS Baltic from Liverpool on 12 March 1919. He was discharged at Winnipeg, Manitoba on 23 March 1919. He planned to live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2003, his name was found carved in one of the walls of the Goodman Tunnel under the Vimy Monument.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 556 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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