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About Hugh V. Clarke
- Hugh Vincent Clarke (27 November 1919 – 29 November 1996) was an Australian soldier, public servant and author, specialising in military history. Born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 27 November 1919, Clarke was a cadet surveyor with the Queensland Main Roads Commission.
- He left the Commission to enlist in the 2/10th Field Regiment, 8th Division in July 1940.
- He served as a bombardier in Malaya and in Singapore before being taken prisoner by the Japanese after the fall of Singapore in February 1942.
- He was imprisoned in Changi Prison and also forced to work on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway. After the war, Clarke joined the Commonwealth Public Service and became Director of Information and Public Relations for the Department of External Affairs in Canberra.
- He retired because of ill health in 1976.
- He was married with five children.
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