CLARKE, Michael Taylor

Service Number –   WX 5693.

Rank –   Corporal.

Unit / Division –   2/16  Australian  Infantry  Battalion.

Enlistment Date –   22  June  1940.

Date  of  Birth-  17  August  1919.

Place  of  Birth-  Bunbury,  W. A.

Address on Enlistment –   Burekup,  W. A.

Next of Kin on Enlistment –   Father-  Charles  Lionel  Clarke,  Mother-  Elvira  Mary  Clarke,  both  of  Burekup,  W. A.

KIA / Mortally Wounded –

Date –   1  September  1942.

Place –   Port  Moresby,  Papua  New  Guinea.

Age at Death –   23.

Burial Location / Commemoration Details –   Port  Moresby ( Bomana )  War  Cemetery,  Papua  New  Guinea ( C7,  B,  21 ).