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CLASPER, William Urwin
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX45597 |
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Enlisted: | 10 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
Born: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1917 |
Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Unknown |
Died: | Died of wounds, Malaya, 13 February 1942, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery |
Service History
World War 1 Service
10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX45597, Caulfield, Victoria |
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World War 2 Service
10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX45597 | |
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13 Feb 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, VX45597, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Malaya/Singapore |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Urwin CLASPER was born in Chatswood, Sydney on 1st April, 1917
His parents were John Robert Edward CLASPER & Muriel Frances Burrell HOSKING who married in Sydney in 1916
William died of wounds in Malaya on 13th February, 1942 and is buried in the Godewaersuelde British Cemetery