Richard Martyn CLERKE

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Service Numbers:	TX2771, TX239
Enlisted:	20 October 1939
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wilmot, Tasmania, Australia, 16 July 1910
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Friend's School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Wool Buyer / Instructor I.T.D.
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 12 October 1943, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot AA. Row B. Grave 5. Personal Inscription~ "ALWAYS REMEMBERED, FOREVER AND A DAY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnie Other Wars Memorial, Launceston Reinforcement Officers 12th Training Battalion Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, TX2771
20 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX239, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, TX2771, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion

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