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WILSON, Clarence Bickerdyke
Personal Details
| Service Number: | WX3853 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Subiaco, Western Australia, 5 January 1906 |
| Home Town: | Wembley, Cambridge, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Merchant Seaman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Perth, Westen Australia, 15 December 1976, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 1 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX3853, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 1 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX3853 | |
| 22 Nov 1944: | Discharged Private, WX3853, 2nd/7th Field Ambulance | |
| 22 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX3853 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"War Prisoners Get Cigarettes
West Australian prisoners of war in German prison camps get 50 cigarettes a week from the Red Cross. Private C. B. Wilson tells of this in a letter to his wife in Perth. "Lately we have had snow every day," he writes. "We don't lack hot drinks but the big event of the week is the arrival of Red Cross parcels containing all kinds of eatables. The Red Cross is doing a wonderful job and we shall be grateful to it for the rest of our lives." - from the Perth Daily News 31 Mar 1942 (nla.gov.au)