Walter Arthur Clarkson, (Wally)

SERVED IN WORLD WAR I

http://campbell.ukzn.ac.za/?q=node/23497. Report on The First Francis Thomas CLARKSON.

Served in World War I. He was despatch rider in East Africa [Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda], was taken prisoner and contracted malaria. He spent his twenty-first birthday [8 JUL 1917] in bed on a hospital ship in Durban Bay without being able to contact his family who had no idea of his whereabouts.

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NAB/MSCE/LEER/01/2193/1973/1 CLARKSON, WALTER ARTHUR. 1973.

Attended Maritzburg College: https://maritzburgcollege.co.za/culture-sport/sport/rugby/#15072098...

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Springbok Rugby Player 1921-1924

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1921_South_Africa_rugby_union_tour_of...

http://en.espn.co.uk/southafrica/rugby/player/2786.html

https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/the-mercury/20110223/28506...

https://books.google.co.za/books?id=iwtbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT74&lpg=PT74&d...

Played in Old Crocs games at Kearsney College: https://books.google.co.za/books?id=x82xwEogJfYC&pg=PR6-IA19&lpg=PR...

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