VERRAN, Clifton Webbe
Service Number: | 263280 |
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Enlisted: | 1 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head |
Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 20 January 1902 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Sales Manager |
Died: | Illness, Sydney, Australia , New South Wales, Australia, 15 December 1944, aged 42 years |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Wall Niche 123YM, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
1 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 263280 | |
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18 Aug 1944: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 263280, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head | |
Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 263280, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clifton Webbe VERRAN was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 20th January, 1902
His parents were William VERRAN & Catherine Mary Louisa WEBBE who married in New Zealand in 1899
He married Vera Estelle WALLACE in New Zealand in 1926
His 2nd marriage was in Sydney on 16th March, 1940 to Cecilia Stewart Macdonald LAWRENCE
Clifton spent 9 years in the New Zealand Military Force (Artillery) before he enlisted in July, 1941 as a Pilot Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force
He was discharged on medical grounds on 18th August, 1944 and died of Illness on 15th December, 1944
His last Rank was Flight Lieutenant with the 5 Aircraft Depot - he was with the 1 Air Observors School at Evans Head