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.
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba.
During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Pour plus d’informations, visitez la Commission des sépultures de guerre du Commonwealth (site disponible en anglais seulement).
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