CLARK, Tom Barnett
Service Number: | 416556 |
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Enlisted: | 21 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg |
Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 11 January 1923 |
Home Town: | Campbelltown, Campbelltown, South Australia |
Schooling: | St Peter's College Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Shop Assistant - J Craven & Co. Ltd. Adelaide |
Died: | Flying Accident, Biggenden, Queensland, Australia, 5 June 1942, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland Presbyterian Plot. Section B. Block 10. Grave 899 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
21 Jul 1941: | Involvement Sergeant, 416556 | |
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21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 416556, Aircrew Training Units | |
21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416556 | |
5 Jun 1942: | Involvement Sergeant, No. 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Avro Anson W1608 of Number 8 Service Flying Training School Bundaberg crashed near Biggenden in Queensland with all crew killed:
Sergeant Stephen Leigh Kilpatrick 408813 - Son of Robert and Ivy Myrtle Kilpatrick of Shepparton East, Victoria
Sergeant John Groves Hodges 407967 - Son of Gilbert John and Florence Anne Hodges of Camberwell, Victoria
Sergeant Tom Barnett Clark 416556 - Son of Tom and Zoe Thelma Clark of Campbelltown, SA
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Sergeant Tom Barnett Clark Royal Australian Air Force, of Campbelltown, has been killed in a flying accident in Queensland, according to private advice received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clark, of Campbelltown.
Sgt. Clark, who was 19, was a wireless air-gunner, and was on leave in Adelaide three weeks ago. He was educated at St Peter's College and did his air training at Mount Breckan, Ballarat, and Port Pirie.