Douglas Ian Sewell CLARK
Born 20 July 1924 in South Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Austral Victor CLARK and Norma Adelaide SMITH [P406]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah [P406]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 18 August 1932 dressed as a "Cowboy" [5: 26-Aug-1932]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 11 November 1942 [16]
Flying Officer 436145 based the Royal Air Force's aerodrome in Gamston, Nottinghamshire, England [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 14 February 1946 [16]
Worked as a Clerk for Elder Smith & Co Ltd in Port Hedland and as a Clerk in Katanning [50]
Married Delsa Irene MACKINNON in 1950 [66]
In 1954 was working as a Clerk and living on James Street in the wheatbelt town of Kellerberrin [50]
Retired with his wife to Denmark where they lived for many years until worsening health forced him to move to Albany [P406]
After leaving Denmark resided at the RAAF retirement village in Albany [P406]
Father of Graeme, Kerry, Bruce and Kimberley [P406]
Died 26 October 2009; cremated at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in the Perth suburb of Padbury [2]
From The West Australian newspaper, Tuesday 22 July 1924:
"Births - CLARK - On July 20, at Miss Wilson's Hospital, South Perth, to Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Clark, of W.A. Bank, Ravensthorpe - a son."
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Douglas Ian Sewell Clark' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/douglas-ian-sewell-clark [reference list] |
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