Thirteenth Generation

2734. Arthur Bell Clarke was born in 1868 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. He died in June 1942 at the age of 74 in Burwood, Sydney, NSW, Australia. He was buried on 19 June 1942 in Rookwood Independent Cmtry., Paton St., Lidcombe, NSW, Australia. Birth
1695/1868 CLARKE, Arthur B Joseph C & Jane E SYDNEY
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Death
8089/1942 CLARKE, Arthur Bell Joseph Chatfield Clarke & Jane Elizabeth BURWOOD
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Burial Plot: Presbyterian 1E 0000058 CLARKE ARTHUR B 19 Jun 1942
Find A Grave Memorial# 131391637
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Saturday 20 June 1942)
CLARKE. - The Funeral of the late ARTHUR BELL CLARKE will leave St. James Presbyterian Church, Belmore Street, Burwood, TO-MORROW (Sunday), after service commencing at 2 p.m., for Presbyterian Cemetery, Rookwood. WOOD COFFILL LTD.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND.— in the WILL of ARTHUR BELL CLARKE, late of Burwood, near Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, Merchant, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the publication hereof application will be made to this Honourable Court for the SEALING of an EXEMPLIFICATION of PROBATE of the WILL of Arthur Bell Clarke late of Burwood near Sydney in the State of New South Wales Merchant deceased granted by the Supreme court of New South Wales in its Probate Jurisdiction at Sydney on the Eleventh day of September One thousand nine hundred and forty-two. Dated this Ninth day of December, 1942. KING & GILL, Solicitors for Eric Victor Thomas Whittle and Norman Leslie Shaw, the duly appointed Attorneys of Permanent Trustee Company of New South Wales Limited, the Executor to whom Probate was granted.

Arthur Bell Clarke and Caroline Eleanor May "May" Crouch were married on 23 July 1890 in Christ Church, St Leonards, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 6765/1890 CLARKE, Arthur B CROUCH, Caroline E M St LEONARDS
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CLARKE-CROUCH.-July 23, at Christ Church, St Leonards, by the Rev. D. Murphy, Arthur Bell, only son of Joseph Chatfield Clarke, to May, eldest daughter of the late Edwin William Crouch, of Inverell.
Caroline Eleanor May "May" Crouch, daughter of Edwin William Crouch and Mary Ann ?, was born in 1870 in Glen Innes, NSW, Australia. She died on 14 November 1936 at the age of 66 in Burwood, Sydney, NSW, Australia. She was buried on 16 November 1936 in Rookwood Independent Cmtry., Paton St., Lidcombe, NSW, Australia. Birth not found in England & Wales
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Death
25507/1936 CLARKE, Caroline Eleanor May Edwin & Mary Ann BURWOOD
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Find A Grave Memorial# 131392858
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : Wednesday 18 November 1936)
CLARKE-November 14 1936. May, dearly beloved wife of Arthur Bell Clarke, and loving mother of Edwln (deceased). Ray, Fred, Marion, and Jean. Prlvately interred Rookwood Cemetery, November 16 1936.

Arthur Bell Clarke and Caroline Eleanor May "May" Crouch had the following children:

4825	i.	Edwin Joseph Chatfield Clarke was born in 1891 in Burwood, Sydney, NSW, Australia. He died Died of wounds, France. WWI on 24 July 1916 at the age of 25 in France. He was buried in Croix-du-Bac, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Birth 9292/1891 Clarke, Edwin J C Arthur B & Caroline E. Burwood ----- CROIX DU BAC British Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France CLARKE EDWIN JOSEPH CHATFIELD Australian Lance Sergeant 3059A Australian Infantry A.I.F.24/07/1916 Age: 25 I. A. 3. ===== First World War Embarkation Rolls: Edwin Joseph Chatfield Clarke Service Number: 3059 Rank: Acting Corporal Roll title: 20 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 13 Reinforcements (June 1915 - July 1916) Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918 Date of embarkation: 20 December 1915 Place of embarkation: Sydney Ship embarked on: HMAT Suevic A29 ----- Red Cross Wounded and Missing: Edwin Joseph Chatfield Clarke Service Number: 3059 Rank: Lance Sergeant Unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918 ----- World War 1 Service 24 Jul 1916: 56th Infantry Battalion, Pozieres / Mouquet Farm, ----- 3059 Lance Sergeant Clarke, Edwin Joseph Chatfield Australian Red Cross Society (ARCS)
+4826	ii.	Raymond C Clarke.
+4827	iii.	Howard Chatfield Clarke.
4828	iv.	Marion Ethel Clarke was born in 1902 in Burwood, Sydney, NSW, Australia. She died in 1982 at the age of 80 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. 20830/1902 Clarke, Marion E Arthur B & Caroline E M. Burwood ===== Never married.
+4829	v.	Jean Bell Clarke.