LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Reginald Allen CLARKE
Service No: 10832
Born: Camberwell VIC, 20 August 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 July 1940
Unit: No. 1 School of Technical Training, Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
Died: Ground Accident, Ashburton VIC, 9 October 1940, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Not recorded by CWGC
CWGC Additional Information: No additional information
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 9 October 1940, Aircraftman Class I Clarke, a Trainee Wireless Telegraph Operator, was accidentally shot, with a pea rifle at 281 High St Ashburton and died.
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, 163/97/20