LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant James Alexander Leckie CLARK MID
Service No: 413531
Born: Glasgow, Scotland, 16 May 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 33 Squadron
Awarded the Mentioned in Despatches (MID)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 33 Squadron Anson aircraft AX120), Ward’s Strip, 21 October 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alexander and Jean Cunningham Clark; husband of Edna Jean Clark, of Glebe, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Glebe NSW
Remembered: Panel 103, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1125 hours on 21 October 1942, the starboard engine of Avro Anson AX120 failed and the aircraft crashed two miles north of Ward’s Strip. The aircraft was on a task to transport petrol to Wau for Air Transport Command. The crew members were:
Sergeant James Alexander Leckie Clark MID (413531) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Joseph Edward Henry Croud (401917) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 61
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992