Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Bertram Harold Clarke
In memory of:
Private Bertram Harold Clarke
March 4, 1921
Military Service
153560
30
Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
43rd Bn.
He received the Good Conduct Badge on 2 September 1917. He was not eligible for the 1914-15 Star, but was awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Additional Information
March 10, 1890
Davenport, England
July 30, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Son of George P. and Helen Augusta Clarke, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was an accountant and single. He had former service with the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada. He was promoted to L/Cpl on 15 January 1917, then to Cpl on 30 March 1917 then requested to be reverted to Pte on 11 July 1917. He served in Canada, Britain and France. He embarked on the RMS Baltic from Liverpool on 12 March 1919. He was discharged at Winnipeg, Manitoba on 23 March 1919. He planned to live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. In 2003, his name was found carved in one of the walls of the Goodman Tunnel under the Vimy Monument.
Commemorated on Page 556 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
WINNIPEG (BROOKSIDE) CEMETERY
Manitoba, Canada
Mil. 307.
The cemetery is located immediately west of the Red River College, at 3001 Notre Dame Avenue, in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. During the First World War, Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Air force and army training camps were established in the area during the Second World War, with No 103 Canadian Army Basic Training Centre at Fort Garry. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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