Clarence Bernard CASSIDY

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CASSIDY, Clarence Bernard

Service Number:	NX20248
Enlisted:	4 June 1940, Paddington
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born:	Yass, New South Wales, Australia, 9 September 1909
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Presumed Killed or died whilst a prisoner of the Japanese , Malaya, 22 January 1942, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

World War 2 Service

4 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX20248, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Paddington

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Clarence Bernard CASSIDY was born in Yass, NSW on 8th September, 1909

His parents were John Bernard CASSIDY & Mary Elizabeth HAYES who married in Yass in 1898

He married Irene Johanna LEE in Sydney in 1940

Clarence died in Malaya (presumed) on 22nd January, 1942 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Singapore Memorial in Kranji Cemetery

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