Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War II (1939-1945)

Date of Enlistment

24/02/1941

Date of Discharge

17/07/1942

Place of Enlistment

Canberra ACT

Gender

Male

Other Name(s)

Known as 'Harry'

Date of Birth

05/03/1895

Place of Birth

South Melbourne, Victoria

Address (at enlistment)

Elimatta Street, Reid ACT

Occupation

Clerk

Next of Kin

Ina Clapson (wife), Elimatta Street, Reid ACT

Service Number

N104313

Final Rank

Warrant Officer Class 2

Final Unit

13 Garrison Battalion

Clapson served with the 23rd Battalion on Gallipoli in World War 1 before being wounded in France in June 1916. He played for North Melbourne when that club entered the VFL in 1925 and moved to Canberra in 1927, marrying the following year and moving to a home in Elimatta Street, Reid. Clapson served as Vice President of the Acton Football Club in the 1930s and, during the 1980s, was one of the last original Anzacs to attend Anzac Day marches in Canberra. He died in Canberra on 6 June 1987.

DVA Nominal Rolls WWII
The Canberra Times - 25 April 1954, 25 April 1984, 9 June 1987
Acton Football Club Annual Report 1940, Thelma Mackinnon papers, John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library
Royal Canberra Golf Club Jubilee History 1926-1976 (p.69)
ACT Heritage Library images - 008842, 008843, 008894