| Accession Number | P05301.242 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Photomechanical print |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Studio portrait of 1904 Private (later Lance-Corporal) Jack Mortimer Clarke,17th Battalion, of ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1904 Private (later Lance-Corporal) Jack Mortimer Clarke,17th Battalion, of North Sydney, NSW. Son of George Thomas and Elizabeth J Clarke. A clerk prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Runic (A54) on 9 August 1915. He died on 29 July 1916 at the 2/1st South Midlands Field Ambulance Station, Warloy, France, of wounds received in action, on 28 July 1916, aged 22. He is buried in the Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, east of Amiens, France.