Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke

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BiographyGother Clarke enlisted as a Medical Officer 29 April 1916, was appointed Regimental Medical Officer and was promoted to Major in 1917.

He was mentioned in despatches for "conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty" on the day of his death for remaining at his Regimental Aid Post attending the wounded, despite heavy bombardment.

He was killed outright by a shell.

A GP, he operated a practice from his home in "Terranora", Lane Cove Road (now the Pacific Highway), Wahroonga.Age42Date of Death12 October 1917Civil employmentMedical practitioner Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

EducatedUniversity of Sydney, NSW Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

RelationshipsSon of Mordaunt William Shipley Clarke and Georgina Alice Clarke of North Sydney. Nephew of Gertrude Bessie Mann. Brother of William Branthwaite Clarke.

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Major Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke
Major Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke

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RankMajorRegimentArmy Medical Corps, 34th BattalionPlace of enlistmentSydney, NSWPlace of embarkmentSydney, NSW Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Date of embarkment2 May 1916 Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Place of deathPasschendaeleBattleYpresMemorial/Cemetery Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zoonebeke, BelgiumWahroonga War MemorialMemorial NotesAlso commemorated by a bell in the War Memorial Carillon at the University of Sydney, where he studied, and by a headstone at St Thomas' Church in North Sydney, where his parents lived. Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

KeywordsFirst World War Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Wahroonga

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Gother Robert Carlisle Clarke