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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Trooper Thomas Lauder Clark |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Trooper |
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| Forename(s): |
Thomas Lauder |
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| Surname: |
Clark |
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| War: |
- Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
- World War I, 1914-1918
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Clark (mother), 53 Calliope Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
53 Calliope Road, Deveonport Auckland, 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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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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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: |
8 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
38 |
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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: |
- Father: Thomas Watson Clark ,of 64 Lake Rd, Devonport, Auckland.
- Mother: Mary Hannah Clark
- Thomas Lauder Clark's son served in WW2
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Scars on the Heart WWI " Life at Anzac" display. Display item is a horse nosebag supplied by T. Clark , which was used as a water bag for the men. NB. Correction T.A. Clark in Scars is T.L. Clark
- 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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