Leonard Herbert CLARK

CLARK, Leonard Herbert

Service Number: 4789
Enlisted: 2 October 1939
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Annandale, New South Wales, Australia, 18 October 1918
Home Town: Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Ground Accident, Milne Bay, New Guinea, 10 May 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
A3. B. 15.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 4789
2 Oct 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 4789

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Warrant Officer Leonard Herbert Clark 4789 (Armourer) of 10RSU was killed in his section while examining a Japanese hand grenade at Milne Bay, New Guinea

Details of the incident from the book “We Served - 10 Repair and Salvage Unit” by Paul Mannix