Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Gladstone John Garland Clayton, 18th Battalion. A station ...

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Gladstone John Garland Clayton, 18th Battalion. A station overseer of Harden, NSW, Clayton embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Kanowna (A61) with the 2nd Reinforcements with the service number 1667 and the rank of Private on 19 June 1915. He joined his unit on the Gallipoli peninsula and was wounded at Hill 60. The unit relocated to France in 1916. He was promoted twice in 1917, first to 2nd Lieutenant and then to Lieutenant. Lt Clayton was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty: "During the attack near Morlancourt [...] he led his platoon from the front line trench which held two feet of water and laid down under the barrage for 18 minutes whilst the flank troops came up. He then led his men forward in spite of heavy machine gun fire and located the command post. He rushed this, and found an officer sending a message over the phone. The officer attempted to use his revolver, but Lt Clayton took him prisoner and captured the post. Whilst consolidating, several officers and a number of men were shot by snipers. Lt Clayton located them in a crop and by skilful bombing with No. 38 grenades drove them out and absolutely kept sniping down throughout the day. He did fine work during consolidation and his coolness and disregard for personal danger set a high example to his men." Two months later, Lt Clayton MC was killed in action in France at Villers-Bretonneux whilst supervising the training of American forces. Early in the morning of 30 July 1918 he died "from a stray burst of machine gun fire". He was 25 years old.

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