WILKS, Clarence Percival
| Service Number: | WX26649 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Victoria Park, Western Australia, 3 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Wiluna Public School and North Kalgoorlie Publis School |
| Occupation: | Transport Supervisor |
| Died: | Cancer, Perth, Western Australia, 28 November 1989, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Padbury, Western Australia Located at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park. Grave location is on Acacia Court. Grave number is 2561. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX26649, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX26649, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX26649, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
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World War 2
WXM12365 Private 44th Battalion
Enlisted 18 August 1940 at Kalgoorlie W Aust
Called up for full time duty on 19 December 1941
WX26649 transferred to the AIF on 8 July 1942 at Dandaragan W Aust, for duty with the 44th Battalion as part of the Special Mobile Force
Taken on Strength of the 2/48th Battalion on 5 July 1944. Saw service on Tarakan
Taken on Strength of the 2/3rd Pioneers on 25 October 1945 following disbanding in the field of the 2/48th Battalion
Taken on Strength of the 10th Garrison Regiment on 21 January 1946 as a POW guard.
Discharged at Perth W Aust on 28 March 1946.
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