CLARKE, Frank Lionel
Service Number: | WX3337 |
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Enlisted: | 4 June 1940, Perth, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bunbury, Western Australia, 13 October 1908 |
Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Died of wounds, Crete, Greece, 24 May 1941, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Suda Bay War Cemetery (Souda Bay) Greece |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Lieutenant, WX3337, Perth, Western Australia | |
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4 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, WX3337, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion | |
21 Sep 1940: | Embarked Lieutenant, WX3337, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT S3, Fremantle | |
24 May 1941: | Involvement Lieutenant, WX3337, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Crete |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...WX3337 Lieutenant Frank Lionel Clarke, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Lieutenant Clarke, aged 32, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 24 May 1941. He was the son of Charles Lionel and Elvira Mary Clarke, of Burekup, WA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 1, Row E, Plot 17..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)