Question

Did John Charles Clayton's son Basil Albert Clayton go to Papua New Guinea?

Comments

Yes, he did.  Under the name of James William Derbyshire.

Answer 1

Marriage in Victoria:
https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/
Basil Albert Clayton married Ellen Maud Parson in Victoria, Australia in 1940, Registration Number: 5996.

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19440527.2.55?items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=basil+albert+clayton&snippet=true
New Zealand herald 27 May 1944

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19300522.2.34?items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=basil+clayton&snippet=true
New Zealand Truth 22 May 1930

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320227.2.186?items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=basil+albert+clayton&snippet=true
Auckland Star 27 February 1932

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19440526.2.90?phrase=2&query=Basil+Albert++Clayton+&snippet=true
Auckland Star 26 May 1944

Basil Albert Clayton does not appeal in the Genealogical Index To Australians And Other Expatriates In Papua New Guinea.

Answer 2

Yes, he did.  Under the name of James William Derbyshire.

Answer 3

Yes, he did.  He changed his name to James Wlliam Derbyshire.