DANAHER, Clifford Edmond
| Service Number: | VX31946 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 25 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bank Street State School Ascot Vale, University High School |
| Occupation: | Lithographic Artist |
| Died: | Execution, Tavoy, Burma (Myanmar), 6 June 1942, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A12. B. 7. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, VX31946 | |
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| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946 | |
| 18 Sep 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombadier, 2nd/4th Field Regiment | |
| 11 Nov 1940: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Bombadier, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment | |
| 20 Dec 1940: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Acting Sergeant - Rank confirmed on 2nd Feb 1941. | |
| 2 Feb 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Embarked from Sydney on HMT "QX1". Disembarked in Singapore on 19 Feb 1941. | |
| 8 Dec 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Malaya/Singapore | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, MIA believed POW. | |
| 3 Jun 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Malaya/Singapore, POW Escapee. | |
| 6 Jun 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX31946, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Recaptured and Executed. | |
| 1 Aug 1946: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, First promulgated in London Gazette on 01 August 1946 and then in Commonwealth Gazette on 12 September 1946. |
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Commendation for Gallantry (Australia).
Son of John Percival and Grace Isabel Danaher, of Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia.
DUTY NOBLY DONE... EVER REMEMBERED
DANAHER. — A tribute to the memory of our past secretary and club member, VX31946, Sgt. Clifford Edmond Danaher, executed by Japanese for attempted escape whilst P.O.W. at Tavoy, Burma, 1942. — Inserted by members of the Ascot Vale Congregational Men's Institute.
Sgt. C. E. DANAHER, 24, Ascot Vale (missing), is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Danaher. He served in Malaya, and was last heard from in Jahore on January 5. He was educated at Bank-street State school, Ascot Vale, and at University High School. He was a lithograph artist, employed at Queen City Printers, Willlam-street, city.
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