In memory of

Trooper

John Frederick Clark

who died on 25 Nov 1945

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit 31st Alberta Reconnaissance Regiment
  Rank Trooper
  Service number L155867
  Date of death 19451125
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  L155867 Trooper (31st Alberta Reconnaissance Regiment driver) John Frederick (Jack) Clark (b.1909) of Fir Mountain died 19451125 and is buried at Khedive cemetery. While on unpaid compassionate harvest leave, Clark was driving a truck which overturned near Mankota in the wee hours of 21 November (he was impaired). After treatment at Kincaid hospital he was sent by ambulance to Regina military hospital where he died of a sub-dural haemorrhage. He was the son of James R. and Margaret Clark of Prince Albert. Jack was born at Yellow Grass and worked as a mechanic at Fir Mountain for eight years before being called up for NRMA service at Regina in 1942; he transferred to regular force at Nanaimo, British Columbia, late in 1944.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 44 - Waverley
  Cemetery or memorial location Khedive cemetery    

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  Honour roll location(s) RM Sutton-Lake Johnston
  Geo-memorial Clark Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 58.6333°N / 102.0167°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64L9
  Geo-memorial details Northeast of Wollaston Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19090818
  Place of birth Yellow Grass    
  Date of enlistment 19420718
  Place of enlistment Regina    
  Residence on enlistment Fir Mountain    
  Occupation mechanic
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