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CLARK, Gordon James

Service Number:	VX106076
Enlisted:	23 July 1942, Sellheim, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 23 October 1921
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 12 December 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

23 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Private, VX106076, Sellheim, Queensland
23 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX106076, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF
12 Dec 1942:	Involvement Private, VX106076, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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Biography contributed by Barbara Krnos

The son of Gordon James and Myrtle Essex Clark from Footscray Victoria.