Herbert James CLARK DFM

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Service Number:	413153
Enlisted:	16 August 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 200 Flight (RAAF)
Born:	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 16 March 1921
Home Town:	Grenfell, Weddin, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Flying Battle, Timor, 17 May 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 11. Row C., Collective Grave 1-15. Inscription: "HIS MISSION COMPLETED…SADLY MISSED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grenfell Other Wars Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 413153
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 413153
11 Feb 1944:	Honoured Distinguished Flying Medal
17 May 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 200 Flight (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45

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Rank Flying Officer

Plane was Liberator B24 A72/159. 200 Flight. Flew out from Darwin

Son of James Kerr Clark and Margaret Clark, of Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia.