Clark, Wilfred Francis Darwin

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Mr Clark was a volunteer with the Red Cross. He was a humanitarian worker and a senior representative of the Australian Red Cross society on board the hospital ship, the Centaur, when it was sunk off the coast of Queensland by enemy torpedoes, 1943.
See News articles and "Protection for Humanitarian Workers" attached to this record.

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1892

Birth in Knightsbridge -- SA, Australia 17 March 1892
1904

Early education at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, SA, Australia 1904
1912

Tertiary education at Roseworthy Agricultural College, Roseworthy, SA, Australia 1912
1912

Farmer at Taliem Bend -- SA, Australia 1912
1916

Military service as Private at South Australia -- SA, Australia 8 February 1916
1920

Married 20 Nov 1920 at St Andrews Church : Walkerville [ SA Australia ]
1921

Military award: British War Medal on 1921
1922

Military award: Victory Medal on 1922
1936

Director at Stonyfell -- SA, Australia 1936
1943

Volunteer at South Australia -- SA, Australia 1943
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Clark, Edward Vincent
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Ives, George
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Hill, Rowland
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Mowat, Reginald Henry
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Sibley, Harry Errol
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Snook, Frank Howard
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Stone, Arthur Philip
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Tamblyn, William Keith
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Best, Sydney Harold Thomas
1943

Clark W.F.D. : Death 14 May 1943 Drowning

Gender

Male

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