LEST WE FORGET
Corporal Ashton Alfred CLARK
Service No: 23310
Born: Brisbane QLD, 18 May 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 August 1940
Unit: No. 11 Personnel Disposal and Reception Centre, RAAF Overseas Headquarters
Died: Illness, Panama, 3 July 1945, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Corozal American Military Cemetery, Panama
CWGC Additional Information: No additional information
Roll of Honour: Sandgate QLD
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 27 February 1945 Corporal Clark, a DMT (Driver Motor Transport), was transferred to Gorgas Hospital, Ancon, Canal Zone, from a troopship in Colon for treatment for tuberculosis. At 0900 hours on 3 July 1945 he was placed on the ‘danger list’ and died later that day.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 1166/7/1059
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line