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CLIFTON, Charles Mervyn

Service Number:	WX2893
Enlisted:	20 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	27 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 23 July 1913
Home Town:	Harvey, Harvey, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Chartered Accountant (Australia)
Died:	Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 26 July 1945, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section C. Plot 2. Row A. Grave 8. Inscription: "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE EVER REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle St. John's Anglican Church Roll of Honour WW2, Harvey District WW2 Roll of Honour, Harvey RSL WW2 Minature Memorial, Harvey Sub Branch RSL Honour Roll (WW2), Harvey War Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Peppermint Grove Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club WW2 HR, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial, Wembley Downs Hale School Honour Roll 1, Wembley Downs Hale School Memorial Grove

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX2893
20 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX2893
31 Jul 1943:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Gallant and distinguished services
26 Jul 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 27 Infantry Battalion AMF, Killed in action Bougainville, New Guinea.

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