Cliff Byfield

Cliff Byfield, born around 1924 and raised in Northam, Western Australia, apprenticed as a coachbuilder in Perth after a brief stint making coffins for an undertaker, learning glass cutting, fabric work, oxy-welding, panel beating and spring making. His apprenticeship was interrupted by the Second World War, during which he served as a gunner on RAAF Lancaster bombers, flying 31 missions, before returning to Perth to complete his training. A postwar…