Ross Tasman CLARK

CLARK, Ross Tasman

Service Number: 3793971
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 1st Field Squadron, RAE
Born: Preston, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1947
Home Town: Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Brain Tumour, Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 January 1971, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Plot - New Lawn Area East Section A Compartment Q Grave 13
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour
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Vietnam War Service

9 Apr 1969: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, 3793971, 1st Field Squadron, RAE

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Biography

Birth: Jan. 1, 1947
Preston
Victoria, Australia
Death: Jan. 25, 1971
Heidelberg
Victoria, Australia

3793971 Sapper Ross Tasman Clark
1st Field Squadron Royal Australian Corps of Engineers
Clarke died of a brain tumour in the Repatriation Hospital Heidelberg Victoria on 25th January 1971 Age 24.

Sapper Ross Tasman Clark Ross Clark served as a Combat Engineer with 1 Troop 1st Field Squadron for 8 months in 1969, at a time when his Troop was suffering an extremely high casualty rate. He was medically evacuated to Australia and died tragically in the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, some 12 months later, of a brain tumour.

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