6th Battalion
Killed In Action
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Alfred Raymond Clarke (SN 3266) was born in Kingston and was a blacksmith when he enlisted in Melbourne on July 7th 1915. He was posted to the 6th Battalion and embarked from Melbourne aboard the Nestor on October 11th. On arrival in Egypt, he was transferred first to the 58th Battalion then to the 60th Battalion with whom he travelled to France in June 1916. His first major action was at Fromelles where sadly he died of wounds on July 22nd 1916. He was 22 years of age and is buried in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France.
