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CLARK, Gordon James

Service Numbers:	V175167, 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:	Certificate for entry to Secondary School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua , 12 December 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 6. Row B. Grave 2. Inscription: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

22 Sep 1941:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V175167, 32nd Infantry Training Battalion, Enlisted in AMF, Footscray, Victoria.
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.