H06684 Accession Number: H06684

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Studio portrait of 205 Private (Pte) Henry George Clark, 5th Australian Infantry Battalion, from Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria. A 19 year old blacksmith prior to enlisting on 17 August 1914, he was serving with the 66th Infantry Militia. He embarked for overseas service with B Company, 5th Battalion from Melbourne aboard HMAT Orvieto (A3) on 21 October 1914. While serving at Gallipoli, he was wounded in action on 26 April and evacuated to hospital in Malta before being transferred to Egypt. He re-joined the 5th Battalion at Gallipoli on 6 August and was wounded in action that same day and evacuated to Alexandria, Egypt. Pte Clark died of wounds on 21 August 1915 at the 19th General Hospital in Alexandria and is buried in the Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria.

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Accession Number
H06684
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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