Samuel CLARKE

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Service Number:	WX6632
Enlisted:	19 July 1940, Claremont, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Essex, England , 24 June 1919
Home Town:	Claremont, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Builder
Died:	Illness, Burma, 23 January 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A11 B 1
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX6632
19 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX6632, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA

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Son of George Clarke and Ada Elizabeth nee Mills.

Arrived in Australia 1931.

Died of illness, dysentery.

His father George served WW1(England) and ACMF WW2,.

Brother William Henry Francis Clarke was killed in action in Greece by a bomb 1941.

Brother John served AIF WW2.

Samuel was survived by his parents, brother and sisters.

His name is listed on the Warwick Essex (England) Roll of Honour