CLISSOLD, Frederick
| Service Number: | VX129401 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 3 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Lark Force |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 September 1921 |
| Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Broken Hill Public School, New South Wales, Australia (locally known as Central) |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, New Britain, Pacific Islands, 22 January 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 9, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rabaul Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sapper, VX129401 | |
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| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX129401 | |
| 22 Jan 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, VX129401, Lark Force, Killed in action. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents:- Frederick Leslie Clissold and Myrtle Alice (Geane) Trembath married 1914 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Extracted from Trove: - Barrier Miner (Broken Hill), Wednesday 24th June 1942 - Page 4.
Heading: - SAPPER BILL CLISSOLD KILLED IN RABAUL
Sapper Bill Clissold, who was killed during the first raid on Rabaul on January 22, was always keen to get into the fighting forces. When his youth barred him from joining the A.I.F., he enlisted in the garrison
forces. Then he transferred to the A.I.F. and went to Rabaul about 12 months before Japan entered the war.
Unofficial advice about his death says he and a number of his mates reached a trench before Japanese
bombs fell, but were killed by a direct hit. At the time of his enlistment he was employed at the Melbourne office of Patterson, Laing and Bruce, having been transferred there after service in Broken Hill.
He was born in Sydney, came here at three years of age, and was educated at Central and High Schools.
At the latter school he was prominent in boxing tournaments. Sapper Clissold, who was 20 years
of age, was the youngest son of Mrs. G. Clissold, of "The Towers," Sulphide Street.