Basil Vincent CLIFTON

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Service Number:	402311
Enlisted:	19 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill
Born:	Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1917
Home Town:	Point Piper, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	St. Ignatis College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Automotive Industry Manager
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 8 June 2001, aged 84 years
Cemetery:	South Head General Cemetery, Vaucluse, New South Wales
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

19 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 402311
19 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 402311, Sydney, New South Wales
16 Jun 1943:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 402311
16 Dec 1943:	Promoted Flying Officer
1 May 1944:	Promoted Flight Lieutenant
22 Aug 1945:	Discharged Flight Lieutenant, 402311, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill
22 Aug 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 402311

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