Clarrie EVERSON

EVERSON, Clarrie

Service Number: NX2750
Enlisted: 24 April 1941, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/15th Field Regiment
Born: Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia , 29 May 1910
Home Town: Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Presumed, Malaya, 29 January 1942, aged 31 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
Sp mem 30 D 12
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Gunner, NX2750
24 Apr 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX2750, 2nd/15th Field Regiment, Paddington, NSW

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James and Hannah Everson; husband of Edna May Everson, of King's Cross, New South Wales, Australia.

HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED LOVED BY ALL

Mrs. P. Dodd, of Gilgandra, received word yesterday from Dubbo that Private C. Everson was reported missing from the 29th January and believed killed. Private Everson, who is a  son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Everson, of Railway Street, was with the A. I. F. in Malaya.

Word has been received in Gilgandra by Mr. and Mrs. Everson, that their son, Private Clarrie Everson, is a prisoner of war. He served in the Malayan campaign. It had previously been reported, that Private Everson had been killed in action.

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