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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Colin Sewell CLARK

Born 12 October 1912 in Geraldton, Western Australia [16]
Son of Austral Victor CLARK and Norma Adelaide SMITH [P406]
Resided in Perth however spent some of his holidays in Carnamah with his parents in 1930 [4: 26-May-1930]
He was selected as a member of the interstate rowing crew in late 1931 [4: 12-Dec-1931]
In 1936 he was working as a Bank Clerk and was living at 6 Heytesbury Road in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [50]
Bank Officer in Pinjarra prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 11 November 1942 [16] [18]
Corporal WX34896 in the Australian Army's 16th Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Killed in Action on 13 April 1945 in New Britain; buried Rabaul War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea [17] [18]
His name appears on Beverley's Roll of Honour [16]


From The West Australian newspaper, Saturday 2 November 1912:
"Births - CLARK - On October 12, at Geraldton, to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Clark - a son. Both well."


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Colin Sewell Clark' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 25 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/colin-sewell-clark [reference list]




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