Clifford PERSKE

PERSKE, Clifford

Service Number: QX22425
Enlisted: 21 July 1941
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: Z Special Unit
Born: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 3 May 1917
Home Town: Cleveland, Redland, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Execution, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 5 April 1945, aged 27 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
(CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Column 117, Singapore Memorial (within Kranji War Cemetery). Roll of Honour: Cleveland, Brisbane Bayside, Queensland., Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials: Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Cleveland Redlands Honour Roll, Cleveland War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery, Wellington Point St James' Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, QX22425, 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment
21 Jul 1941: Involvement Corporal, QX22425, 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment, (NAA, Pg-6)
21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, QX22425, Z Special Unit
21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Corporal, QX22425, 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
4 Aug 1941: Promoted Lance Sergeant, 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment, (NAA, Pg-6)
23 Mar 1942: Promoted Sergeant, 2nd/5th Armoured Regiment, (NAA, Pg-7)
7 Mar 1943: Involvement Sergeant, Australian Army Service Corps, (NAA, Pg's-6, 12)
21 May 1943: Promoted Lieutenant, Australian Army Service Corps HQ, (NAA, Pg-16)
6 Dec 1944: Involvement Lieutenant, QX22425, 2nd/10th Armoured Regiment, (NAA, Pg-12, 14)
6 Dec 1944: Transferred Lieutenant, 2nd/10th Armoured Regiment, (NAA, Pg-12, 16)
29 Dec 1944: Involvement Lieutenant, QX22425, Z Special Unit, (NAA, Pg's-14, 12, 16) Involved: 29/12/1944, Rank: Lieutenant, Unit: "Z" Special Unit. This is -as per stated- 1st reported missing - [Date: 09/03/1945], and for official purposes is presumed dead. To Date of Death: 05/04/1945, AWM-Roll of Honour.
29 Dec 1944: Transferred Lieutenant, Z Special Unit, (NAA, Pg-14, 16)
9 Mar 1945: Imprisoned Reference Information: (NAA, Pg-12), also AWM-Roll of Honour.

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Francis Ludovic PERSKE, & Amanda Maria (nee LOHSE) PERSKE, of Cleveland, Brisbane Bayside Region, Queensland.

Next of Kin - Spouse:  Betty Lucy (nee STAMMER) PERSKE, of Kedron, Brisbane City, Queensland.