Clarence was born in Laidley, though living in Kingaroy, when he enlisted in the Army on 29 April 1941 at Gympie.
A member of the 2/26 Infantry Battalion, he was assigned to 27 Infantry Brigade Head Quarter Company.
Leaving Singapore in April 1943 as a member of "F" Force, he slaved on the Thai Burma Railway mostly around the Shimo Sonkurai area.
He contacted Amoebic Dysentery and was hospitalised at Chungkai Hospital, where he passed away.
His body was exhumed in 1946 and reburied in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
A member of the 2/26 Infantry Battalion, he was assigned to 27 Infantry Brigade Head Quarter Company.
Leaving Singapore in April 1943 as a member of "F" Force, he slaved on the Thai Burma Railway mostly around the Shimo Sonkurai area.
He contacted Amoebic Dysentery and was hospitalised at Chungkai Hospital, where he passed away.
His body was exhumed in 1946 and reburied in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
Clarence was born in Laidley, though living in Kingaroy, when he enlisted in the Army on 29 April 1941 at Gympie.
A member of the 2/26 Infantry Battalion, he was assigned to 27 Infantry Brigade Head Quarter Company.
Leaving Singapore in April 1943 as a member of "F" Force, he slaved on the Thai Burma Railway mostly around the Shimo Sonkurai area.
He contacted Amoebic Dysentery and was hospitalised at Chungkai Hospital, where he passed away.
His body was exhumed in 1946 and reburied in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
A member of the 2/26 Infantry Battalion, he was assigned to 27 Infantry Brigade Head Quarter Company.
Leaving Singapore in April 1943 as a member of "F" Force, he slaved on the Thai Burma Railway mostly around the Shimo Sonkurai area.
He contacted Amoebic Dysentery and was hospitalised at Chungkai Hospital, where he passed away.
His body was exhumed in 1946 and reburied in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
"When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
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QX 13055 Australian Infantry
Gravesite Details
Age 31 Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his life.
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