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Cloke-P-J-Sgt-1134

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Captain Percy James Cloke, circa 1917.  Source:

shellpaul6 on Ancestry 13/7/2019.

 

Cloke P J            Sgt    1134    Percy James                38 Inf Bn    22    Civil servant    Single    C of E        

Address:    Kensington, McCracken St, 39    (Electoral Roll 1916)

Next of Kin:    Cloke, Benjamin T, father, Alma PO, via Maryborough   

Enlisted:    14 Mar 1916        

Embarked:     A54 Runic 20 Jun 1916

Prior service:  5 Years Citizens Forces, 2 years Commissioned

Awards: Military Cross   

 

Mr. B. Cloke, of Moonlight, received a cablegram on Saturday morning from his son. P. J. Cloke, stating that he had received a commission in England on August 19. Lieutenant Cloke, before enlisting, held the rank of lieutenant in the Citizen Forces, but enlisted for active service with the rank of sergeant.

 

RIFLE SHOOTING. (1916, September 18). Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved November 28, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90589883

 

Temporary Captain Percy James Cloke.

Divisional Trench Mortar Officer 3rd Divisional Trench Mortar Battery, attached to 38 Inf Bn

 

This officer was transferred on the 18th September 1916, from Infantry to Command a Medium Trench Mortar Battery, which he took into the line at the end of November.  This Officer did such excellent work, and has shown such high ability and devotion to duty, that he was appointed DTMO on January 23rd 1917.  He has brought the Trench Mortar Batteries to a very high state of efficiency.
Recommended 6-3-17.

 

Lieutenant Temporary Captain Cloke was received severe gunshot wounds to his left arm and right leg on 3 June 1917.  RTA 10.9.1917

 

Mr. B. Cloke received word on Monday from the Base Records Office that his son, Temporary-Captain P. J. Cloke who was wounded severely in both arms, has been reported improving.

 

No Title. (1917, July 11). Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved November 28, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90585071

 

War Service Commemorated

Kensington Methodist Church (Cloak P) 

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

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