H05832 Accession Number: H05832

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Studio portrait of 2111 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Arthur James Clark, 6th Battalion from Lower Norton (Horsham), Victoria. A 28 year old engine driver prior to enlisting on 3 March 1915, he embarked for overseas with the 6th Reinforcements of the 8th Battalion from Melbourne on 17 June 1915 aboard HMAT Wandilla. He served at Gallipoli where he was evacuated with sickness several times to hospitals at Anzac and Egypt. During this period he was transferred to the 60th and then the 58th Battalions. In June 1916 he proceeded to France where he joined the 57th Battalion and was wounded in action in February 1917. On recovery, he transferred to the 6th Battalion in Belgium where he was killed in action at Passchendaele on 4 October 1917. He is buried in the Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Belgium.

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Accession Number
H05832
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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