LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Daniel Joseph CLARK
Service No: 414467
Born: Brisbane QLD, 12 August 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1941
Unit: No. 17 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 17 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Master aircraft DK914), near Watton, 2 June 1943, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Watton (St Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Patrick John and Katherine Clarke, of Wilston, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a forced landing on 2 June 1943, Master DK914 flown solo by Flight Sergeant Clark crashed at Field Barn Farm, Greater Cressingham, Norfolk, and he was killed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/7/118
Bibliography:
Clark, Patricia (Compiler) Wartime Letters of Daniel J Clark 414467 RAAF 1941-3, 2007