LAWSON, Clarence Edwin
| Service Number: | QX46662 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 2 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bundamba, Queensland, Australia, 28 December 1914 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Howard State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Wharf Lumper |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 22 January 1979, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Maryborough Lawn Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX46662, enlisted 2/3/1942 | |
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| 2 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX46662 | |
| 24 Mar 1945: | Discharged | |
| 24 Mar 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX46662 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Clarence Edwin Lawson (Service No:QX46662) enlisted in the Australian Army on 2 March 1942 and served with 3 RAE Training Battalion. Private Lawson was attached to 2/11 Army Transport Coy when he was Discharged on 24 March 1945.
Born in 1914 at Bundamba in Ipswich QLD, Clarence was the second of four children of Peter Lawson (b1894 in Gympie, QLD) and Christina Norwood (b1893 in Maryborough, QLD). Peter (a Miner) and Christina married in 1913 in Maryborough, QLD and lived in Bundamba, Maryborough and Howard, Wide Bay QLD where Peter was a Miner.
Clarence worked as a Labourer and Cordwood Carter and was in Maryborough in 1938 when he married Annie Brewer (b1919 in Tara, QLD). In 1942 when he enlisted the AIF, Clarence was a Wharf Lumper with two children. Following his Discharge, Clarence and Annie settled in Howard, Wide Bay QLD where Clarence worked as a Labourer. He died in 1979 and Annie in 1997.
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