Thomas Alfred CLARKE

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CLARKE, Thomas Alfred

Service Number:	SX17022
Enlisted:	2 February 1942, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Port Pirie, SA, 6 October 1922
Home Town:	Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia
Schooling:	Warnertown and Port Pirie Public Schools
Occupation:	Transport Driver
Memorials:	Crystal Brook Warnertown and District WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

2 Feb 1942:	Involvement Driver, SX17022
2 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
2 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX17022, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
15 Feb 1946:	Discharged
15 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX17022, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Percival CLARKE, of Black Rock, SA.

Husband of Norma Lorraine CLARKE, Jamestown, SA

Thomas was married with two children and residing at Warnertown, Port Pirie, aged 20 years when he enlisted in WW2. Educated at Warnertown and Port Pirie Public Schools he took a keen interest in bike riding. In civilian life he worked with the South Australian Railways Department. Enlisting in January 1942 he was a Despatch Rider serving in Australia. His father served in the Great War at Gallipoli and France and was wounded three times.

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