Keith Ellwood CLARKSON DFM

CLARKSON, Keith Ellwood

Service Number: 408969
Enlisted: 21 June 1941
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: No. 805 Squadron (RAN)
Born: Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 27 August 1922
Home Town: Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Pilot
Died: Killed In Action, Korea, 5 November 1951, aged 29 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cootamundra Korean War Memorial, Gympie Memorial Lane Murals, Ipswich Korean War Memorial, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, Lithgow War Memorial, Norfolk Island Korean War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

21 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 408969, Melbourne, Victoria
21 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 408969
24 Jul 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 408969, Operational Training Units (RAF), No. 8 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit RAF (8 OTU) RAF Fraserburgh Coastal Command
26 Jul 1945: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant

Korean War Service

25 Jun 1950: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, 408969, No. 805 Squadron (RAN)
31 Aug 1951: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, 408969, No. 805 Squadron (RAN), RAN Operations - Korea
5 Nov 1951: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, 408969, No. 805 Squadron (RAN), RAN Operations - Korea

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Biography

Enlisted in RAAF as  Keith (Ellwood) Clarkson  - National Archives of Australia file  A9300, CLARKSON K E

Discharged from RAAF at own request 24 Jul 1945 to join RAN

Enlisted in Navy as Keith [Elwood] Clarkson - National Archives of Australia file A6769, CLARKSON K E

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