Stanley (Stan) CLARK

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CLARK, Stanley

Service Number:	16085
Enlisted:	27 March 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 2 Airfield Construction Squadron
Born:	Bilston, England, 10 June 1911
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plasterer
Died:	Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 14 January 1981, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

27 Mar 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 16085, No. 2 Airfield Construction Squadron
8 Nov 1944:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 16085, No. 2 Airfield Construction Squadron

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Stan was the second of six children of Joseph Thomas Clark (b1884 in Bilston, Staffordshire) and Alice Jones (b1891 in Bilston, Staffordshire). Joseph (a Metal Finisher) and ALice married in 1909 in Bilston, Staffordhsire and in 1920 the family immigrated, arriving in Albany WA on board the Demosthenes. Joseph and Alice settled in the Bunbury Region where Joseph was a Settler before moving to Perth WA in 1928, where Joseph was a Labourer.

Stan started work as a Sheet Metal Worker and in 1935 married Winifred Mabel Neve (b1916 in Coolgardie, WA) in Perth WA. Stan was a professional Boxer and working as a Fibrous Plasterer when he enlisted in the RAAF in March 1940. He was an Aircraftman, Leading Aircraftman and Corporal (Service no:16085) and was described as 'stright forward and manly in every respect' (National Archives Australia). Stan served in New Guinea and was attached to 2 Mobile Works Squadron when he was Discharged in November 1944.

Stan returned to Perth where he worked as a Fibrous Plaster. The couple separated in 1963 and both remarried. Stanley was working as a Dresser in Perth when he married Elsie Louise Doreen Brown (nee Willey; b1916 in Beverley WA) in 1970 in Perth WA. The couple moved to Kalgoorlie, where Stan died in 1980 and Elsie in 2012.

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