MCLAREN, Clarence Ray
| Service Number: | 417092 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1941, Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 630 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 9 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Waikerie, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Waikerie H.P.S. |
| Occupation: | Fruit Grower |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Germany, 2 December 1943, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery 5 E 15 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bowhill War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Loxton Caliph WW2 Pictorial Honour Roll, Waikerie Primary School Old Scholars Roll of Honor |
World War 2 Service
| 6 Dec 1941: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 417092 | |
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| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 6 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417092, No. 630 Squadron (RAAF), Adelaide, SA | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Allan Bruce and Flora Nita McLaren, of Waikerie, South Australia.
LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. A.B. McLAREN OF WAIKERIE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Mr. A. B. McLaren, of Waikerie, has been advised that his son, Flt Sgt. C. R. McLaren, is missing as a result of air operations on the night December 2-3. 1943. He was a member of a crew of a Lancaster aircraft, detailed to attack enemy territory, which failed to return to its base. Flt-Sgt. McLaren enlisted on December 6. 1941, and left for overseas on December 5, 1942.
At the time of enlisting he was helping his father on his fruit block. He played football, cricket and tennis for Waikerie.
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