LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Ronald Henry Charles CLARK
Service No: 404335
Born: Stanthorpe QLD, 16 July 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 August 1940
Unit: Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit (RAF)
Died: Air Operations (Overseas Aircraft Delivery Unit Wellington aircraft Z9097), 28 February 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Edward James Clark and Martha Clark, of Acacia Ridge, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the night of 27 February 1942 Wellington Z9097 left RAF Station North Front, Gibraltar, in transit to the Middle East. The aircraft flew off course and crashed in Tunisia and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of Z9097:
Sergeant Ronald Henry Charles Clark (404335) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Henry Cookson (105151) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Thomas Pierpoint (1382547) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Stewart Walter Reid (404945) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Edward Thorpe (1359705) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Noel Vincent (41380) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
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 163/97/127