Aubrey Harold Clarke (SN 4301) born at Ballarat, was a 20 year old mattress maker when he enlisted in Ballarat on July 16th 1915. Assigned to the 29th Infantry Battalion he embarked aboard the Wiltshire on March 7th 1916. In June he was transferred to the 58th Battalion and reached France but in July he was transferred again to the 5th Pioneer Battalion. In August he was wounded in action, shell shock, but was able to rejoin his unit after three weeks recovery. From February 1917 a series of illnesses interrupted his service several times before the war ended. He was returned to Australia aboard the Port Lyttleton, disembarked on August 5th 1919 and was discharged medically unfit on November 21st. He enlisted to serve during World War 2 with service numbers V91513 and V12873.