Lawrence Henry CLARKE

CLARKE, Lawrence Henry

Service Numbers: 427845, W22301
Enlisted: 15 October 1941
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: 3 Field Regiment AMF
Born: Perth, WA, 12 September 1921
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Perth Modern School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental, Georgina Satellite Aerodrome, Australia, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 21 July 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 427845
15 Oct 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, W22301, 3 Field Regiment AMF
7 Oct 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 427845

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

CLARKE, Lawrence Henry - (Leading Aircraftman); Service Number - 427845; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Anson R 3550; Place - Georgina Satellite Aerodrome, Australia; Date - 21 July 1943

LAC Clarke was one of the trainee pilots in the Avro Anson R-3350, No.4 Service Flight Training School, when the Instructor piloting the aircraft crashed on takeoff after hitting a tree on the boundary of the Georgina Satellite airstrip. LAC Clarke was killed in the crash.