Studio portrait of 5316 Corporal (Cpl) Francis George Clark DCM MM, 20th Battalion of Colinton, ...

Accession Number P12399.005
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Windsor Apparel Pty Ltd
Place made United Kingdom: England, West Midlands, Birmingham
Date made c October 1919
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 5316 Corporal (Cpl) Francis George Clark DCM MM, 20th Battalion of Colinton, NSW. A plumber prior to enlistment on 16 February 1916, Cpl (later Sergeant) Clark was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) and Military Medal (MM) during his service in the First World War. He enlisted in the Second World War with the service number NX17124 and served with the 2/17th Battalion. Sergeant Francis George Clark DCM MM was killed in action at Tobruk on 7 June 1941, aged 49 and is buried at Tobruk War Cemetery. See also P12399.003.