B139286 Rifleman Omar Emerson Clark was born in Toronto, Ontario on 21 January 1935, the son of Ernest Louis Clark and Frances Emily Rutter. He had three brothers who also served in WWII and three sisters. He attended Western Technical School for five months,

From 1936 to 1939 Clark served in the 9th Field Battery reserve unit in Toronto and in 1940 with the 28th Field Battery.

On 11 September 1943, he married Mary Eve Margaret Pollard. They had one son, Peter, who was born after Omar left for overseas.

He worked as a machine operator when he enlisted with the regular force Royal Canadian Artillery on 26 January 1943. After training in Brampton, Petawawa, Sault-Ste Marie, Owen Sound, Camp Borden and New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Clark went overseas and was transferred to The Queen’s Own Rifles on 9 December 1944.

Rifleman Clark was wounded on 15 March 1945, returned to the unit on 1 April, and killed in action on 2 April 1945, aged 20. He is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference XXII. D. 13. The epitaph provided by his family reads:

MAY YOUR REWARD
BE AS GREAT
AS YOUR SACRIFICE