James Melbourne CLARKE

CLARKE, James Melbourne

Service Number: W/349
Enlisted: 4 September 1939
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Newport, Victoria, 8 January 1912
Home Town: Newport, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Coronary Occlusion and atheroma, Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia, 13 June 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia
A.D.11, Townsville War Cemetery, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Able Seaman, W/349
4 Sep 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, W/349

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Able Seaman James Melbourne Clarke W349 - attached to Merchant Navy Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (D.E.M.S.) Ban Hong Liong

Son of Harry Christmas Clarke and Ellen Eliza Clarke of Newport, Victoria

Husband of Hilda Jessie Clarke of Newport, Victoria