
SAUNDERS, Clarence Samuel
| Service Number: | WX7211 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 18 July 1900 |
| Home Town: | Agnew, Leonora, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner, (Agnew Gold Mine, Mt. Leonora.) |
| Died: | Post Leg Amputation, Haemorrhage whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 31 August 1943, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 1. Row M. Grave 32. Personal Inscription: - "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement WX7211 | |
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| 1 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, WX7211 | |
| 1 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX7211, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Joseph Charles and Louisa Saunders. Clarence Samuel Saunders was the second son, his older brother was Claude, also his sister Linda.
Wife: - Helen Adelaide Carter married 1928 in
Perth, Western Australia. They had a daughter Elizabeth (Betty), Helen Saunders aged 40 years, and mother to daughter Betty, died 30th November 1932 at Fremantle Hospital, and was interred in Karrakatta Cemetery on 1st December 1932.