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CLARKE, George John
(Service number 61207)

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Birth

Date	23/02/1889	Place of Birth	Geraldine, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	9 July 1917	Age	28 years
Address at Enlistment	North Branch, Milton
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Annie Elizabeth CLARKE (mother), North Branch, Milton
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7½ inches. Weight 134 lbs. Chest measurement 32-36½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Illnesses - deratica 2 years ago. No objective signs to be ...red now. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate of contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Scar on inner side of left arm. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Death

Date	26 August 1982	Age	93 years
Place of Death	Masterton
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Memorial or Cemetery	Archer Street Cemetery, Masterton
Memorial Reference	Lawn, Row S, Plot 86
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Biographical Notes

George John Clarke was the eldest son of George Ishmael William and Annie Elizabeth Eva (Betsy, née Walters) Clarke, of North Branch, Milton. He was born at Geraldine and received his education at Orari Gorge (Tripp) School. His father, George Ishmael William Clarke, arrived at Tautaku, South Otago, on 5 November 1901, bringing his mill from Peel Forest, South Canterbury. Because of his father's poor health, the family went into farming; the mill was operated by a relative and other managers until all the assets including the mill and timber rights were sold in 1913. George was rejected as unfit for military service when he wa smedically examined in June 1916, on account of rheumatism. When he enlisted, he was residing at home at North Branch, Milton. George married Margaret Robina Taylor in 1920.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0025492) [01 March 2017]; Timaru Herald, 9 September 1896, Otago Daily Times, 11 June 1927 (Papers Past) [01March 2017]

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