John CLAYTON

CLAYTON, John

Service Number: 16079
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 1st Field Company Engineers
Born: Not yet discovered
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Palestine, 23 October 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Jerusalem War Cemetery
INSCRIPTION EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS AT HOME Grave W.5, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 32 and the son of Henry and Jane Clayton, of Meppershall, Shefford, England.Son of Henry and Jane Clayton, of Meppershall, Shefford, England.

 

He is honoured on the Meppershall, Shefford War Memorial. The Memorial stands in the main street through Shefford and takes the form of a grey, granite, obelisk, mounted on a three tiered, granite, plinth with a single stepped base surrouned by a small metal fence. There are 71 names for World War 1 and 24 for World War 2. The memorial was dedicated and unveiled 13 November 1921.

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