LAWTON, Clarence William
| Service Numbers: | 424771, N276460 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Infantry Training Battalions |
| Born: | Gunning, New South Wales, Australia, 17 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Murrumburrah, Harden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Italy, 12 October 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Milan War Cemetery Grave III. E. 5, Milan War Cemetery, Milan, Lombardy, Italy |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Harden WW2 Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 424771 | |
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| 6 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N276460, Infantry Training Battalions | |
| 9 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424771 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Clarence William Lawton 424771 RAAF (Pilot) was killed in the loss of Liberator KH239 of 31 Squadron SAAF (31SQN SAAF) - six aircraft were lost during an operation carried out by twenty crews to drop supplies to partisans in Italy (target was Vigone, Italy)
Also killed were: Pilot Officer Thomas Dufus FOTHERINGHAM Flight Engineer / Sergeant Eric Henry Albert CLIFT Navigator / Sergeant David Wilfred BISHOP Bomb Aimer / Sergeant Geoffrey TENNISON Wireless Operator / Sergeant Dennis Raymond WELLON Air Gunner / Sergeant Stanley Edwin LOCKTON Air Gunner / Sergeant John BUCKS Air Gunner
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