Charles Albert Clark
Memorial: Thornbury - St Mary's Church
Regiment: Australian Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 1603
Parents: Robert and Mary Ann Clark
Marital status: Single
Home address: 6 St John's Street, Thornbury, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Carpenter
Date of birth: 1882
Place of birth: Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Date of death: 06/06/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Ismailia War memorial Cemetery (Ref. B. 64.), Egypt
Age: 34
Further information:
Bronze Tablet and Wooden Memorial Board
Charles Albert Clark’s father Robert was a Police Sergeant in Thornbury. Charles had three brothers and a sister. Information supplied for the Australian Roll of Honour by his sister Mabel Annie Clark of St. John Street, said that Charles had lived and worked in the United States of America before moving on, aged 22, to Australia where he was a carpenter by trade
When the war started he joined the Australian Infantry and seems to have served with both the 19th and 16th Battalions. Charles was in the first landing at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. He was wounded on the 2nd May and sent to England to a convalescent camp at Woodcote Park Farm, Epsom, Surrey. While on sick leave he may have visited his family in Thornbury
Charles rejoined his unit but died of Colitis the following June, whilst serving in Egypt. Ismailia is a small town on the west side of the Suez Canal and the Memorial Cemetery was used for burials from camps and hospitals in and around Ismailia and nearby Moascar
Charles is also remembered on his parent’s headstone in Thornbury Cemetery. Following his name are the words ‘He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.’ Matthew X.39
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Thornbury Roots website: Thornbury & District Museum Research Group, Forces War Records and the CWGC