Soldier profiles
Name : WESCOMBE, CLARENCE LESLIE
Service Number : VX16142 (1135)
Date of Birth : 11/02/1894
Place of Birth : MILDURA, VIC
Known as : CLARRIE
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 22/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : MERBEIN WEST, VIC
Place of Enlistment : MOONEE PONDS, VIC
Next of Kin : WESCOMBE, ELLEN
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 16/06/1942
Date Died : 27/02/1961
Age at Death : 67
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : MERBEIN CEMETERY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. MONUMENTAL SECTION. K024.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6203585 [DIGITISED], Barcode 8380819 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone, Headstone
Background : Served in World War 1 with service number 1135.
