• Title
  Clarke diary, 1916-1917 / William Owen Clarke
• Creator
  William Owen Clarke
• Call number
  MLMSS 1124
  
• Level of description
  sub-fonds
• Date
  
  1916-1917
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  422274
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 4944, frames 135-201
  
• Physical Description
  0.03 metres of textual material - manuscript
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  William Owen Clarke, a farmer, was born in Kent, England and enlisted in Brisbane, Queensland, July 1915 aged 20 years. He embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A26 Armadale, 18 Sept. 1915 and served as a member of the 25th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement. He was wounded in action in France, Nov. 1917 and returned to Australia on the Trasos Montes, 27 May 1919
• Scope and Content
  Diary describes action at the front near Steenvoorde, fatigues, duty as a runner etc., 1 October - November 1916, and January-22 July 1917 after return from hospital in England. Includes miscellaneous souvenirs, 1905, ca. 1916
• Finding Aids
  Read the transcript here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2013/D16517/a5047.htm
• General note
  
  State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I diaries
  Digital order no:Album ID : 997849
• Name
  Armadale (troopship)
  Trasos Montes (ship)
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Australian.
  Soldiers--Australia--Diaries.
  Soldiers--Australia.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1023191

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