| 8 Paternal Grandfather | 9 Paternal Grandmother | 10 Maternal Grandfather | 11 Maternal Grandmother |
| 4 Percy Clifton | 5 Grace Wiseman |
Kenneth Clifton was born on the 15th July 1903 in South Norwood, Croyden, Surrey, England. The first and only child of Percy Clifton and Grace Clifton (nee Wiseman). According the birth certificate Percy was an actor.
In the 1911 UK Census, Ken (aged 8) is listed as a border in South Norwood.
Ken arrived in Australia in 1922 aboard the ship “Ormonde”. He was one of about 15 boys who arrived from the Church Army Training Farm, Hempstead Hall, near Saffron, Waldon. The Church Army Training Farm was an organisation that trained young orphaned boys to become farm hands.
Ken married Myra Thelma Moir in 1929 and went to live at “Warungar”, where he was a farmhand.
On the 30th October 1940, Ken enlisted in Australian Infantry Forces, service number WX9243. Following training at Black Boy Hill, Northam, he joined the 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, A Company as a driver. After deployment in Singapore in February 1942, Ken was taken prisoner by the Japanese, POW Number 3/7303 and 1/7302. At one stage he was believed to have been Killed in Action but we are unaware whether or not Myra ever received the notification. Following the Japanese surrender, Ken was repatriated to Australia on the 11th December, 1945. Further information about Ken’s service can be found at https://2nd4thmgb.com.au/soldier/wx9243/ They also have links to information about the POW camps he was held in. Palua Bakit Mati has been renovated by the Singpore Government as a tourist destination – it is now known as Fort Sentosa, on Sentosa Island.
Following his return to Australia, Ken went to visit Enid Shackleton. Enid was the widow of James Shackleton who had been a close friend of Ken’s in the army. Work was hard to come by and the only job Ken could find, on a dairy in the East Porongerups, was for a married couple. Ken and Enid pretended to be married in order to get the job. Over time they developed a relationship and were eventually married. During this period Ken’s son Allan left ‘Palmdale” and went to live with his father. This is the story as told to Ian and Kay Clifton-Shanhun by Ken and Enid.
In his later years Ken was blind from glaucoma. He died on the 8th May, 1998 and is buried at Albany Cemetery.