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John Leslie Clark

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Leslie AWMM
  • Surname
    Clark AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    5969 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1901 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 138 Sydney Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A.E. Clark (mother), 229 Colombo Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    5969 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Annie Walter and Walter Clark. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1968 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
    2 August 1968 Public - Cynthia - Other relative - 18 March 2023 - Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31748, 3 August 1968, Page 43
  • Age at death
    67 Public - Cynthia - Other relative - 18 March 2023 - Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31748, 3 August 1968, Page 43
  • Place of death
    35 Arawa Street, Shirley, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Public - Cynthia - Other relative - 18 March 2023 - Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31748, 3 August 1968, Page 43
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Bromley Public - Cynthia - Other relative - 18 March 2023 - Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31748, 3 August 1968, Page 43
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31748, 3 August 1968, Page 43 Public - Cynthia - Other relative - 18 March 2023 - Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31748, 3 August 1968, Page 43
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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  • Hi Grandad, although we never met we think about you often and miss you. You would have been so proud of Nana, you ended up with 23 grandchildren and 30+ great grandchildren and there are even a couple of great great grand children now xxx
    Public - Vanessa - Other Relative - 22 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 37 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
18 March 2023CynthiaTimaruOther relative
22 April 2015VanessaChch New Zealand Other Relative

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