Dorothy Margaret Clark

Forenames

Dorothy Margaret AWMM

Surname

Clark AWMM

Service number

• WWII W5275 AWMM
• WWII W.5275 AWMM

Gender

Female AWMM

Birth

16 Jul 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)

Next of kin

• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. G. Clark of Ongarue AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. G. Clark, Ongarue AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• WWII W5275 AWMM
• WWII W.5275 AWMM

Military service

Royal New Zealand Air Force, Levin AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Aircraftwoman Class 1/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died at Auckland Hospital on 25 October 1943 from complications following a septic miscarriage while serving with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. AWMM

Last rank

Aircraftwoman Class 1/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) AWMM

Dorothy Clark was the daughter of George Clark and of Mary Janne Clark (nee McIntyre), of Ongarue, Taranaki, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

25 Oct 1943 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Sickness AWMM

Cemetery

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Soldiers Area D, Row 3A, Grave 30. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919525
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
  Sources Used
• DEATH OF A GIRL, Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 291, 8 December 1943, Page 6
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19431208.2.802
  Further Reference
• Inquest Into Death Of 22-Year-old Girl; Statement by Mother, Central Hawke's Bay Press, Volume 35, Issue 281, 11 December 1943, Page 3
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHBP19431211.2.30
  Further Reference

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Mackenzie, B. (1982). The WAAF book : a scrapbook of wartime memories. Christchurch, N.Z.: Whitcoulls Publishers.
• Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.