Kevin James CLARKE

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Service Numbers:	S7877, SX25095
Enlisted:	14 May 1941, 9/23 Light Horse till 15 April 1942, 3rd Motor Regiment till 25 June 1942, 48th Australian Field Battery
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	Spalding, South Australia, 1 August 1920
Home Town:	Spalding, Northern Areas, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Injuries from motor accident, crushed chest, Newton, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 4 April 1944, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland Plot A Row C Grave 14, Toowoomba Cemetery, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moonta Mines Public School Honour Roll WW2, Spalding & District War Memorial Gates, Spalding District Honour Roll WW2

14 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, S7877, 9/23 Light Horse till 15 April 1942, 3rd Motor Regiment till 25 June 1942, 48th Australian Field Battery
21 Aug 1942:	Involvement Gunner, SX25095
21 Aug 1942:	Involvement Gunner, S7877
21 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Frankston, VIC
21 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX25095, 13 Field Regiment AMF
31 Mar 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, SX25095, Embarked per "Duntroon" from Townsville 31 March 1943, arrived Port Moresby 3 April 1943. Gunner in 13th Australian Field Regiment. Contracted malaria and admitted to 11th Field Ambulance, 47 Australian Camp Hospital Embarked per "Thedens" from Port Moresby 15 October 1943, arrived Townsville 18 October 1943.
15 Jan 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, SX25095, Transferred to 1 Australian Orthopaedic Hospital 15 January 1944 and transferred to X list. Died as a result of a motor accident, chest crushed, on 4th April 1944.
Date unknown:	Involvement
Date unknown:	Involvement

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