James Francis (Jim) CLARK

CLARK, James Francis

Service Number: NX55941
Enlisted: 2 July 1940
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born: Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 5 November 1909
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness while a POW of the Japanese, Thailand, 20 June 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sapper, NX55941
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Sapper, NX55941, 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX55941

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Biography contributed by Matthew Grice

Jim was the son of James Clark (1874-1931) and Johanna Veronica Dillon (1886-1949).

He died of illness as a prisoner of war after his unit the 2/12 Field Company were captured by the Japanese.