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CLARKSON, Andrew
(Service number 8/3370)

Aliases	Enlisted as Henry MURPHY., Also known as Andrew MURPHY.
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	10/06/1894	Place of Birth	Rakaia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	E. MURPHY, Mrs E. CLARKSON (mother), Otipua Road, Timaru; Miss E. CLARKSON (sister), Otipua Road, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	8th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Otago Infantry Battalion
Date	13 November 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From		Destination

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

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Biographical Notes

Andrew Clarkson was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (née Murphy) Clarkson. He attested on 14 May 1915 as Henry Murphy. Several details at enlistment were false (name, birth date, birth place; next-of-kin's name). A declaration of 18 October 1918 proved that is name was Andrew Clarkson. as of 1918, he stated that he had previously been rejected as unfit for military service on account of bad teeth. In October 1918 Henry Murphy, son of Mrs E. Clarkson, Timaru, had been reported wounded. From 1912, his name appeared in the police gazettes - theft, drunkenness, rogue and vagabond. In 1914 and 1919 Andrew Clarkson was recorded at home in Timaru with his mother and some siblings. William Clarkson, 32306, was very likely a brother of Andrew. Andrew Clarkson enlisted for World War II with the Australian Military Forces at Brisbane.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 October 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 October 2019]; Timaru Herald, 17 October 1918 (Papers Past) [27 October 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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