Historical information

Soldier in WW1 Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force
No 5998 Christopher Clark
59th Battalion
Born in Stawell

Significance

Christopher was a WW1 Serviceman from Stawell

Physical description

Framed Certificate of Appreciation for Soldier No 5998 Christopher Clark
Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force WW1, 59th Battalion
Christopher Clark was born in Stawell on 25th December 1892 and was brought up on the family farm in Callawdda and worked in the district and then in Queensland where he obtained an engine drivers licence and drove the sugar trains then worked on the steam boiler engines in the sugar mills.
When the First World War started he came back to Stawell and enlisted in the army on 11/4/1916. He was sent to France in the 59th Battalion. He was in the army 1175 days, serving 1029 days abroad. During his service he was promoted to Lance Corporal.
Details from his daughter Ruth Clark of Ararat December 2017.

Inscriptions & markings

Soldier No 5998 Christopher Clark
Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force WW1
59th Battalion
Born in Stawell