CLAYTON, Victor Ernest VX40956 D Coy [F Force]
CLAYTON, Victor Ernest VX40956
Victor Clayton was born on 12 November 1917 in Cohuna Victoria.
He enlisted aged 22 at Caulfield on 9 July 1940 and joined the Battalion on 27 November 1940 as part of D Company.
Victor lived in Cohuna at the time of enlistment and was a saddler by trade.
He died a prisoner of war on 17 November 1943.
Victor is remembered on the Cohuna Roll of Honour.
The article below from the The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956), 21 December 1943, in relation to Victor’s brother was published 5 weeks after Victor’s death.
