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LIEBKE, Clarence Roy
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2604 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 January 1937 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 22 June 1910 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness (following severe burns), Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 August 1940, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia C of E Plot Compartment U Line 335 Grave 3, Williamstown General Cemetery, Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, No 2 Squadron RAAF Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 25 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
|---|---|---|
| 25 Jan 1937: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 2604 | |
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 2604 | |
| 16 Oct 1939: | Involvement Leading Aircraftman, 2604, No. 2 Squadron (RAAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Clarence Roy Liebke 2604 of Number 2 Squadron RAAF was burned from head to foot when he was splashed while trying to extinguish flames from a drum of blazing petrol in a workshop at Laverton on October 16 1939
After bravely struggling against death for nearly 11 months, Clarence Liebke, RAAF welder, died in Caulfield Military Hospital from complications from severe burns.