Clifton Webbe VERRAN

VERRAN, Clifton Webbe

Service Number: 263280
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
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World War 2 Service

1 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 263280
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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Biography 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

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