Leslie (Les) CLAYTON

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Service Number:	415305
Enlisted:	14 September 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 5 September 1915
Home Town:	Carmel, Kalamunda, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christ Church Grammar School
Occupation:	Radio Technician
Died:	Bowel Cancer, Claremont, Western Australia, 13 August 1980, aged 64 years
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:

14 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 415305
24 Sep 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 415305

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Muresk Agricultural College

Singapore Armed Services when parents stationed there.

Orchardist at Carmel, WA and ran a handyman business.

Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer

Multiskilled in carpentry, radio, accounting, electrical and mechanical work. Widely knowledgeable about politics and world events. True family man.

Married 15/01/ 1942 Midland to Dorothy Maud Baker (nee Flanders) a war widow with 6 children, who he loved and treated as his own.

Fathered two daughters Dorothy and Helen, Grandfather (Pop) of four plus many step grandchildren.

Civil Servant. Retired as Chief Internal Auditor for the Dept of Repatriation in Perth, Western Australia