LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Geoffrey Leonard CLARKE
Service No: 10498
Born: Melbourne VIC, 21 May 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 June 1940
Unit: No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School
Died: Ground Accident, Ballarat VIC, 23 November 1940, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leonard and Josephine Constance Clarke, of Carlton
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 23 November 1940, Aircraftman Class I Clarke, (a Shoe Maker) and Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Frank Lidgerwood (11436) were both killed in a motorcycle accident.
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, 163/97/50