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CLERKE, Richard Martyn
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | TX2771, TX239 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, TX2771 | |
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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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