Person
CLARKE, Cyril Lowther
- Author
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Sylvia Black
- Family name
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CLARKE
- Given names
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Cyril Lowther
- Gender
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Male
- Religion
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Church of England
- Date of birth
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6 August 1884
- Place of birth
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Birth York, United Kingdom53° 57' 24.2352" N,1° 5' 30.6888" W
- Year
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1916
- Military service
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WW1
- Regimental number
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33/405
- Rank
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Major
- Military units
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14 Australian General Hospital, AIF5 LH Field Ambulance
- Date of death
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1922
- Place of death
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Death Peterborough, South Australia, Australia32° 58' 14.1564" S,138° 50' 5.2224" E
- Decorations and medallions
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Victory Medal, 1914-18 Star, British War Medal
Biographical notes
Son of Archbishop Henry Lowther Clarke of Bishopscourt, Melbourne. At the outbreak of the war he had a medical practice in Peterborough, SA and was married to Constance Anderson, daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Anderson of Riverina. He enlisted on 16 August 1916 and left on SS Karoola on 19 August 1916. He served at Suez, Port Said, Moascar and Cairo.
He was discharged from service for ill-health and returned to Australia on 29 August 1919 on SS Burma. The Adelaide Chronicle of 10/2/1923 wrote of him that 'after being stationed in Egypt for some time, he accompanied General Allenby's cavalry during their victorious advance though Palestine'.His appointment to the AIF was terminated on 8 November 1919.
Cyril Clarke returned to his medical practice in Peterborough, South Australia, and also served there as mayor. He died, along with a passenger, on 16 September 1922 in a car accident after the collapse of the right hand rear wheel of his car.
Acknowledgments
National Achives of Australia
Adelaide Chronicle 10 Fenruary 1923
Perth Mirror 23 September 1922
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