William Fark
(1887-1919)
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Corporal William Fark, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Anchises
Vintage 1920 photo of the hospital at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Gravestone, Corporal William Fark, Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH
William Fark [aka Frederick William Fark]
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.
Birth: 8/22/1887, South Euclid, Ohio
Birth: 8/22/1887, South Euclid, Ohio
Address: Green Rd., South Euclid, OH
Demographics: age 29 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Basket Maker at [illegible]; per 1910 Census occupation Laborer at Basket Factory. [In the early 1900s there were at least two factories in South Euclid that made wooden baskets for carrying produce to nearby Cleveland, OH.]
Appearance: Height tall, Build medium, Eyes blue, Hair dark
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/6/1917; Corporal
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 12/6/1917; Corporal
Service Number: 1962026
Deployment: 6/2/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Anchises
Action:
Death: August 3, 1919 at age 32 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; cause of death Toxemia due to Wounds Received in Action. [Per his WWI burial card, Corporal William Fark was returned to the U.S. on 1/5/1919 with other "Bed Ridden Cases" from Debarkation Hospital #5 at Brest, France. He was apparently treated at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where there was a major rehabilitation center for WWI returning soldiers, many severely wounded and some with lasting disabilites, including amputations, complications from gas exposure, and "shell shock," known today as psychological trauma. He may have spent the next seven months at Fort Sheridan, as he died there on 8/3/1919.]
Death: August 3, 1919 at age 32 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; cause of death Toxemia due to Wounds Received in Action. [Per his WWI burial card, Corporal William Fark was returned to the U.S. on 1/5/1919 with other "Bed Ridden Cases" from Debarkation Hospital #5 at Brest, France. He was apparently treated at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, where there was a major rehabilitation center for WWI returning soldiers, many severely wounded and some with lasting disabilites, including amputations, complications from gas exposure, and "shell shock," known today as psychological trauma. He may have spent the next seven months at Fort Sheridan, as he died there on 8/3/1919.]
Burial: Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, 4386 Mayfield Rd., South Euclid, OH, Section 1 Lot 6, alongside his parents and other family members
Burial: Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, 4386 Mayfield Rd., South Euclid, OH, Section 1 Lot 6, alongside his parents and other family members
Next of Kin: Mrs. E. Fark, mother, Green Rd., South Euclid, OH
Additional Information: Father: Frederick J. Fark (1853-1923), born Germany, emigrated ~1882, occupation Truck Farmer, buried Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH; Mother: Eleonora "Nora" Tiemann Fark (1854-1935), born Germany, emigrated ~1882, had at least 11 children, buried Saint John Lutheran Cemetery, South Euclid, OH; Siblings: Ernest H. (1883-1904); Henry (1885-1973); Caroline (1889-1978); Clara Louise Fark Kohl (1891-1949); Louise (1895-1977); Ernest F. (1897-?). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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