William Urwin CLASPER

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Service Number:	VX45597
Enlisted:	10 July 1940
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1 April 1917
Home Town:	Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Unknown
Died:	Died of wounds, Malaya, 13 February 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Singapore War Memorial, Singapore Col 116
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX45597, Caulfield, Victoria

10 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX45597
13 Feb 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, VX45597, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Malaya/Singapore

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William Urwin CLASPER was born in Chatswood, Sydney on 1st April, 1917

His parents were John Robert Edward CLASPER & Muriel Frances Burrell HOSKING who married in Sydney in 1916

William died of wounds in Malaya on 13th February, 1942 and is buried in the Godewaersuelde British Cemetery