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Military service
Service number:
1257635
Age:
22
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Garrison Artillery
Division:
3rd Bde.
Birth:
January 28, 1896
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
September 9, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 19.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Abe Clarke, of Central Lot 16, Prince Edward Island.
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Memorial
This memorial marble shaft at lot 16, Cemetery, Highway 12, Miscouche, PE is dedicated to Private George A. Thompson and Gunner J. Herman Clarke, both killed during the First World War. It now serves veterans of the Second World War also. This monument was organized by Mrs. Edward Millar, and was unveiled by John Barrett a World War I veteran who served overseas. Funds for the monument were donated by area residents and businesses. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [front/devant] ERECTED TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF PTE. GEORGE A. THOMPSON 15TH CAN. BATT., KILLED AUG. 15, 1917, AGED 24 YRS GR. J. HERMAN CLARKE 8TH CAN. SEIGE BATTY., C.G.A., KILLED SEPT. 9, 1918, AGED 22 YRS. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS" http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/nic-inm/sm-rm/mdsr-rdr-eng.asp?PID=2511 Photo Credit: Sgt. G.E. Gallant -
Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Photo of JOHN HERMAN CLARKE
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 885 of 1068
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Herman Clarke
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Herman Clarke
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Herman Clarke
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Herman Clarke
Digital gallery of
Gunner John Herman Clarke
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 385 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT Pas de Calais, France
Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, on the road from Arras to Cambrai. The VIS-EN-ARTOIS BRITISH CEMETERY, HAUCOURT is at the north side of the main road between the two villages.
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