Albert James CLOKE

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CLOKE, Albert James

Service Numbers:	W24457, WX33637
Enlisted:	18 December 1941
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	4 Base Postal
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 6 February 1911
Home Town:	Palmyra, Melville, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postman
Died:	Palmyra, Fremantle, Western Australia, 14 March 1987, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

18 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W24457
27 Jul 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, W24457, 4 Base Postal
28 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, WX33637
19 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, WX33637

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Lance Sergeant Albert James Cloke (Service Nos:W24457/WX33637) initially enlisted in the ACMF on 18 December 1941 as a Private, and was a Corporal attached to 4 Base Postal Unit on 27 July 1942 when he Discharged to enlist in the AIF the next day. Lance Sergeant Cloke - rade group Postal Orderly - was attached to 3 Australian Base Postal Unit at Discharge on 19 November 1945.

Albert was born in Fremantle, Western Australia in 1911, seventh of eight children of Peter George Cloke (b1875 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) and Emma (Emily) Winzer (b1877 in Warrnambool, Victoria). Peter was a Telegram Messenger and Telegraph Clerk in Warrnambool before he and Emily moved to Western Australia in 1896. They settled in Fremantle, where they raised their family and Peter worked for the Fremantle GPO, initially as a Letter Carrier and later as Mail Overseer.

Albert worked as a Labourer in Fremantle, and was a Postman in 1941 when he enlisted in the Army. In 1942 in Fremantle, Albert married Leila Mary McIntosh (b1908 in Fremantle, Western Australia). Albert and Leila settled in Fremantle, where they raised their family and Albert served in the Army until the mid 1950s, when he resigned and joined the Civil Service. Albert died in 1987 and Leila in 2005.

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