The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Clifton
- First Name:
- Gordon Dagley
- Rank:
- Private
- Regimental #:
- WX16436
- Company:
- ‘A’ Company.
- Enlisted:
- 10.09.1941
- DOB:
- 1.04.1915
- Place of Birth:
- Bunbury, Western Australia
- Father's Name:
- Richard Henry Clifton
- Mothers's Name:
- Rachael Isabella Clifton
- Religion:
- Methodist
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Skipman
- Memorial:
- Kranji War Cemetery, Plot 30, Row A, Grave 5-8, Age 26.
- Cause of Death:
- Killed in Action
- Place of Death:
- Buona Vista
- Date of Death:
- 15.02.1942
- Buried:
- Where killed at map reference 784112 in a common grave on 16.2.1942. Soldier was killed by shrapnel during an enemy artillery barrage.
General Description
Gordon enlisted 10 Oct 1941. Taken on Strength to Woodside Camp, South Australia 5 Oct 1941 with ‘A’ Coy HQ under CO Maj Saggers. At Singapore Saggers moved to E Coy SRB and Capt Thomas became CO.
He then went on to Darwin with 2/4th before sailing to Singapore via Fremantle, 15 Jan 1942.
Tragically he was killed by shrapnel during an enemy artillery barrage on 15 Feb 1942, the last day of fighting in Singapore.
Gordon Clifton was one of 12 children born to Rachel and Richard Clifton of Bunbury. Gordon was third youngest. His mother died in 1938 and his father in 1939.
Gordon married at East Coolgardie to Florence Mary Jane O’Byrne in 1941. Gordon was living in Kalgoorlie when he enlisted 10th September 1941. He was KIA five months later. He was father to two children Flo and Allen.
Florence Clifton remarried in 1960.
