CAMPBELL, Clarence
| Service Number: | 422411 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 May 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia, 5 November 1919 |
| Home Town: | Jaspers Brush, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Nowra Intermediate High School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North West Europe, 31 March 1945, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Panel 283, England. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 422411 | |
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| 22 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 422411 | |
| 22 May 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), No 2 Recruiting Centre, Woolloomooloo, Sydney | |
| 11 Dec 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 422411, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Sydney, disembarked Canada | |
| 22 Jun 1943: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 422411, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Canada, disembarked United Kingdom | |
| 14 Nov 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, RAF No. 93 (Bomber OTU) Group | |
| 15 Oct 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, Commission, RAF No 196 Squadron | |
| 31 Mar 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 422411, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, KIA Flying Battle Norway |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Standen
Clarence Campbell aka Clarence Robert Campbell
Clarence had grown up using the middle name Robert (the same middle name as his father) all his life.
In early 1933, C. R. Campbell from Jasper's Brush Public School was one of three local students awarded bursaries by the Bursary Board at Nowra Intermediate High School.
By the end of 1941, Clarence (a now 22 year old bank clerk employed at the Commercial of Sydney) enrolled in the Royal Australian Air Force Reserve under the name Clarence Robert Campbell. During the ensuing administrative checks, the RAAF discovered Clarence's birth was registered without a middle name and promptly dropped Robert from all records thereafter.
When the local Berry community promulgated their honour list after the war, Pilot Officer C. R. Campbell was among the eleven names initially added to the marble plaque which adorns the memorial arch and in later years, a brass plaque was added to one of sandstone walls situated on either side of the original memorial.
The Shoalhaven Telegraph, 25 January 1933, News and Notes, p. 3.
NSW Birth Registration CLARENCE CAMPBELL 47453/1919 MURWILLUMBAH
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