Kenneth Edward CLARK

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CLARK, Kenneth Edward

Service Number:	435163
Enlisted:	26 March 1943
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 February 1925
Home Town:	Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Warehouse Assistant
Died:	Accidental, At sea off (Aroe) Aru Islands, 25 September 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Spring Hill Brisbane Grammar School WW2 Great Hall Honour Board

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 435163
26 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 435163
30 Jun 1944:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No. 22 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by Mari Walker

Son of John Henry and Ida Evelyn Clark, of Toowong, Queensland, Australia

Flying Officer Kenneth Edward CLARK was in a Boston aircraft A28-50 which was one of four aircraft of No. 22 Squadron which carried out barge sweeps in the vicinity of Aroe Islands, Netherlands East Indies, on 25 Sept 1944.
The crew comprised FO John Edward Warren and FO Kenneth Edward Clark.
On the return journey to base and when off Taberfane, A28-50 commenced a turn to port down to the sea, in order to inspect a suspicious float plane. The aircraft did not recover from the turn and at a speed of approx. 220mph, flew into the sea from 100 feet about 1500 yards from the shore, the nose and port wing striking the water simultaneously. The aircraft disintegrated and all that could be seen were the fully inflated dinghy, several message dropping streamers, two petrol tanks and a few small pieces of wreckage.
Neither member of the crew was seen to bale out. The Commanding Officer of 22 Squadron who was engaged in the operation personally searched the scene of the crash from an altitude of 20 to 150 feet but was unable to see any sign of survivors.

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