The Quiet Rhodesian

Gerard Clarke, born 1909, was the son of an Irish-Rhodesian who, at age 25 years, left Eire secretly and sailed to Cape Town, met Colonel Frank Rhodes, and was involved in the infamous Jameson Raid. Gerald's father trekked to Bulawayo by ox-wagon in early 1897 to join Rhodes' endeavours and the Native Department, became involved with Rhodesian forces on the Limpopo in the Boer War, and served 33 years in Rhodesia's government as a magistrate in rural Rhodesian towns, and in Salisbury.

The story of Gerald Bryan Sheil O' Cleary Clarke, born in Gwelo, who spent 43 years in Rhodesian government, including five years with the 5th Southern Rhodesian Armoured Brigade, 1940-45, in Rhodesia, Kenya, Abyssinia, South Africa, Egypt, Palestine and Italy.

This 'Quiet Rhodesian' served five Rhodesian prime ministers, including Sir Godfrey Huggins, 1950-52, and was Cabinet Secretary and Secretary to the Prime Ministers: Garfield Todd, Sir Edgar Whitehead, Winston Field, and Ian Smith, 1953-70, while also involved with the Central Intelligence Organisation, 1963-70. The recipient of six medals from World War II, he was invested with honours twice by Queen Elizabeth II, with an ISO and CMG, and received Rhodesia's highest civilian award.

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