Post by anthony on Apr 30, 2011 9:45:13 GMT
Blair Wark VC DSO has now been added to the CWGC database of WW2 casualties. He was commanding the Sydney based 1st Battalion, Citizen Military Forces, Australian Military Forces (the name of the Australian Army 1901 to 1980) and was at Puckapunyal Army Camp in Victoria when he had a heart attack and died.
Name: WARK, BLAIR ANDERSON
Initials: B A
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry
Unit Text: Cdg. 1st Bn.
Age: 47
Date of Death: 13/06/1941
Awards: V C, D S O
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Columbarium Wall Unit D. Niche 30.
Cemetery: EASTERN SUBURBS CREMATORIUM, BOTANY
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=75229372
Name: WARK, BLAIR ANDERSON
Initials: B A
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry
Unit Text: Cdg. 1st Bn.
Age: 47
Date of Death: 13/06/1941
Awards: V C, D S O
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Columbarium Wall Unit D. Niche 30.
Cemetery: EASTERN SUBURBS CREMATORIUM, BOTANY
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=75229372