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CLARKE, John Richard
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX13489 |
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Enlisted: | 27 April 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment |
Born: | Cobden, Victoria, Australia, 17 January 1917 |
Home Town: | Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria |
Schooling: | Jancourt State School, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Died: | Natural causes (stroke), Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 10 September 2006, aged 89 years |
Cemetery: |
Bunurong Memorial Park, Victoria |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
27 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX13489, Caulfield, Victoria | |
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27 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX13489 | |
5 Apr 1941: | Involvement Gunner, VX13489, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 | |
12 Apr 1941: | Imprisoned "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 | |
4 Sep 1945: | Discharged Gunner, VX13489, 2nd/1st Anti Tank / Tank Attack Regiment | |
4 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX13489 |
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