According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Thomas Duncan Clara (service number 602883) was the son of Ann and the late Thomas Clara, of Consort, Alberta; late of Ladybank, Fife, Scotland. Private Clara died on March 29, 1917, at the age of 22, and had been serving with the 2nd Divison of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. He was buried in the Abbeville Communal Extension Cemetery, approximately 80 kilometres south of Boulogne on the road to Paris.
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Soldier Information Cards - World War One
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Clara, Thomas
Private.
Was attached to the 29th Regiment and enlisted with the 34th Battalion at Galt, August 10, 1915.
He was born in Scotland and his next of kin is Mrs. Ann Clara, 57 North Water St., Galt, Ontario.
He gave his life.