Private
Robert
Palmer
Clark
Born in Nathalia, Victoria, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
George Frederick Clark, Elizabeth Ann Clark, Violet Elise (Clark) Dohnt, Ellis Valentine Clark, Sydney Charles Clark, Hugh Alexander Clark, Mary Alice Clark, Hilda Irene (Clark) James, Thomas A Clark and Theresa Isabell (Clark) Frost
Husband of
Alexandra (Pearson) Clark
— married
1926 in Victoria, Australia
Descendants 
Father of
Robert Francis Clark
Died
at age 42
in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
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Biography
Robert Clark is an Anzac who served in World War Two.
Private Robert Clark was a prisoner of war in Sandakan during World War II.
Private Robert Clark died while a prisoner of war during World War II.
Robert was born in 1902. He was the son of Robert Clark and Wilhemina Tennant.
In 1926 in Victoria, he married Margaret Mary Alexandra Pearson. Robert and Margaret shifted to Sydney after they got married.
They had one son also named Robert.
Robert was a POW in the Sandakan camp, Borneo, Malaysia and died there on 24 February 1945.
Sources
- Victorian B/c 7798/1902
- Marriage Cert 7818/1926 to Margaret Mary Adra Pearson
- Memorial: "Commonwealth War Graves Commission"
Labuan Memorial, Malaysia. (Plot: Panel 22)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record (accessed 10 March 2024)
Memorial page for Robert Palmer Clark. Service number: VX31077; Rank: Private; Died: 24 February 1945; Age: 42.
Regiment & Unit/Ship: A.I.F. 27 Bde. Coy., Australian Army Service Corps (Australia); Additional Info: Son of Robert Blanche Clark and Wilhelmina Fredricka Clark, of Shepparton, Victoria; husband of Lexie Clark. - Memorial: Virtual War Memorial Australia
- Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
Find A Grave: Memorial #20344895 (accessed 10 March 2024)
Memorial page for Private Robert Palmer Clark (unknown-24 Feb 1945), citing Labuan Memorial, Labuan, Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia (plot: Panel 22.); Maintained by Cobber (contributor 50072026). - Robert Palmer Clark (The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, https://www.powmemorialballarat.com.au/ : accessed 16 Mar 2024)
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Categories: Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lake Wendouree, Victoria | Labuan War Memorial, Labuan, Malaysia | Sandakan, Japanese POW Camp | Anzacs, World War II | Prisoners of War, Australia, World War II | Died while Prisoner of War, Australia, World War II