Albert Charles Lark

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

164133

Unit at enlistment:

84th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Wounded:

Yes

Date of death:

October 30th, 1918

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Commemorated at:

Independent Order of Foresters

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Norwich

Birth city:

Edenthorpe

Address at enlistment:

306 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

306 Dalhousie Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Moulder

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Cause of Death: Influenza
Location: Brantford, Ontario

BX October 31, 1918

Private Albert Charles Lark Returned Veteran a Victim of ‘Flu’

Private Albert Charles Lark, a returned veteran, who went overseas with the 84th Battalion, died yesterday at the Emergency Hospital from the “Flu.” Private Lark’s young wife also lies in a critical condition in the hospital, and the sad part of the case is that he leaves a little son, three months old. The parents and friends of both the young soldier and his wife live in England. Private Lark was employed at Hammond’s bakery. Rev. C.E. Jeakins is looking after the funeral arrangements.

BX October 31, 1918

Mrs. Lark, wife of Private Albert Charles Lark passed away at the emergency hospital last night. Her veteran husband had passed away the previous day, and a little three months old son is the only member of the family left here. The double funeral will take place on Friday afternoon from Reid and Brown’s undertaking parlors to Mt. Hope cemetery.

BX May 2, 1917

Invalided Soldiers

In all probability the following men will leave Toronto for Brantford on Thursday March 3 by the 6 o’clock Grand Trunk train. Sgt. William Arthur Lane, 353 Dalhousie Street; Pte. Albert Charles Lark, 306 Dalhousie Street; Lance-Corp. Robinson Shellard, 37 Webling Street; Pte. Arthur William Tyo, 250 Dalhousie Street.

BX May 4, 1917

Four Veterans Arrived in City on Thursday – Sergt. W.A. Lane, Lance-Corp. R. Shellard, Privates. A.W. Tyo and A.C. Lark – Given a Welcome

Four more veterans of the great struggle raging in Europe – Sergt. William Arthur Lane, Lance Corp. Robinson Shellard, Pte. Arthur William Tyo, and Pte. Alfred Charles Lark, were welcomed back to their homes here yesterday. The Soldiers’ Aid Commission had an exceedingly busy time, three of them arriving home in the afternoon and one in the evening. All were given a good reception at the station by the commission, which was out in force, and a throng of citizens. The 3.57 G.T.R. train was 20 minutes late and the throng at the station prevented any speeches. Lance-Corporal Shellard and Privates Tyo and Lark came in on the train. Sergt. Lane arrived home on the 7.32 and in the station speeches of welcome were delivered by Ald. J.S. Dowling of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission, and Capt. (Rev.) Jeakins, secretary of the G.W.V.A. Pte. Tyo had to walk with the aid of crutches, and Sergt. Lane had one arm that was practically useless.

Buried by Shell

To be buried by a shell was the experience of Pte. Albert Charles Lark, who was one of the four men to return yesterday. As a result of this he suffered from bad action of the heart and had to be invalided home. Pte. Lark went overseas with the 84th Battalion, but was transferred in England to the 6th Machine Gun Brigade, and went across to France in April 24, 1915. He put in seven months in the trenches. Before enlisting he worked as a driver for Johnston’s Bakery and lived at 306 Dalhousie Street. He is now stopping at the Commercial Chambers. Pte. Lark slipped into the city on the 3057 G.T.R. train yesterday afternoon and was met by J.H. Spence, of the Soldier’s Aid Commission.