CLARKE, Daniel Joseph
| Service Number: | 414467 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 17th Advanced Flying Unit (RAF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 12 August 1922 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Accidental (air-crash), Watton, England, United Kingdom, 2 June 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Mary's Church & Cemetery, Norfolk St Mary Churchyard, Watton, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414467, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 11 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 414467 | |
| 12 Oct 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 414467 | |
| 2 Jun 1943: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 414467, 17th Advanced Flying Unit (RAF) |
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Father Patrick John Clarke and Mother Katherine Clarke (nee _____),
living at 61 Fifth Avenue, Wilston, Brisbane, Queensland.
Next of kin in service (brothers):
QX17307 Bombardier Hugh Vincent Clarke - 2/10th Field Regiment
b. 1/7/1919 Brisbane, QLD
A cadet surveyor, he enlisted at the age of 20.
Brisbane in late 1940 departed with 8th Division for Malaya
captured by the Japanese with the fall of Singapore, a POW at Nakama
Oct 1945 boarded HMS Formidable at Nagasaki, for return home
23548 Sergeant (Sgt) Patrick Maurice Clarke
b. 26/1/1921 Brisbane, QLD
served in 24 Squadron at Rabaul
managed to evade capture by the invading Japanese
and make his way back to New Guinea.
11/10/1941 Daniel Clarke joined the RAAF in Brisbane as a trainee pilot.
He graduated from RAAF flying training schools in Australia and was posted
to the United Kingdom.
***service records have not yet to be scanned for viewing, a record must be
ordered through the National Archives of Australia.***
2/6/1943 Flight Sergeant Clarke was killed in a flying accident
at 17 Advanced Flying Unit, RAF, Watton, Norfolk, England
buried in: St Mary's Church & Cemetery, Watton, Norfolk, England
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 17/5/2015. Lest we forget.
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