Warrant Officer George Clark

Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: George (AKA Harry) Henry James Clark

Ancestor's date of birth: 1874

Ancestor's date of death: 1947

Cause of Death: Heart Problems

Service Number: 3469

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Sydney

Unit: 3^rd NSW Mounted Rifles

Rank attained in Boer War: WO2, Date Effective: 04/05/1902

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No record of post Boer War service

Murray Page: 142

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: Ranee, Date of Sailing: 21/03/1901

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Decorations: QSA with 4 clasps: Transvaal, Orange Free State, SA 1901, SA 1902.

Personal Characteristics: A wool classer born in Sydney.

Reasons to go and fight: A serving soldier.

Details of service in war: Left as a sergeant with the Machine Gun Section. Promoted Warrant Officer Class Two, and made Squadron Sergeant Major on 4 May 1902 shortly before the peace. Served April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and East Transvaal under including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1901).

Service and life after the Boer War: Believe to have remained in South Africa on business for a while after his service.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Diana Barton, Elong Elong NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand daughter

Name of Descendant: Joanna Kirby, Pyrmont NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand daughter

Name of Descendant: Jane Message, Paddington NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grand daughter

Name of Descendant: Barbara Clark, Pyrmont NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Daughter-in-law

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