CLARK, Ross Tasman
Service Number: | 3793971 |
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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 |
Vietnam War Service
9 Apr 1969: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, 3793971, 1st Field Squadron, RAE |
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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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