Vic. Paybook photograph of VX37031 Private Samuel Thomas Clark, 2/7th Battalion, Australian ...

Accession Number P02466.195
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Vic. Paybook photograph of VX37031 Private Samuel Thomas Clark, 2/7th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Clark, aged 36, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 27 May 1941. He was the son of Mr and Mrs George William Clark, and the stepson of Florence Clark, of Brighton Beach, Vic. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 5, Row C, Plot 4. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)