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Lieutenant Ian Campbell Clark

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16 Mar 1966 (aged 29)
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Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Navy
Royal Marines '42 Commando RM'
Honours & Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died in service
Age: 29 years old.

Lieutenant Ian Clark died during a cross border operation to Sajingan Besar, Indonesia. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for distinguished service in support of operations. He had previously served in Aden with 45 Commando RM.

The operation, codenamed Lively Cricket, was against Indonesian forces who had been mortaring the 42 Commando base at Kampung Biawak, in Sarawak, Malaysia.

(Sources: Navy News Jan 1967 & Commando Veterans Archive)
Rank: Lieutenant
Service: Royal Navy
Royal Marines '42 Commando RM'
Honours & Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died in service
Age: 29 years old.

Lieutenant Ian Clark died during a cross border operation to Sajingan Besar, Indonesia. He received a posthumous Mention in Despatches for distinguished service in support of operations. He had previously served in Aden with 45 Commando RM.

The operation, codenamed Lively Cricket, was against Indonesian forces who had been mortaring the 42 Commando base at Kampung Biawak, in Sarawak, Malaysia.

(Sources: Navy News Jan 1967 & Commando Veterans Archive)

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