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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Trooper Stanley Maris Clark |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Trooper |
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| Forename(s): |
Stanley Maris |
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| Surname: |
Clark |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
13/29 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: |
R. Maris Clark (father), Hobson Buildings, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Wharepuhunga, Kihikihi, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Star of India or Waimana |
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| Destination: |
Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
129 |
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| Campaigns: |
Gallipoli |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
6 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
35 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Memorial Reference: |
Panel 2 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Eldest son of Richard Maris Clark and Cora Juliett Clark, of Onslow Rd, Epsom, Auckland.
- Served in the Anglo-Boer War.
- Clark was a keen rugby player and rower in Dunedin and Auckland.
- He was killed in action in a night attack during the August Offensive on 6 August 1915 or possibly in the early hours of 7 August.
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
- Bloody Gallipoli: the New Zealanders' Story Richard Stowers. Auckland: David Bateman; 2005
- Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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