 During the Second World War , Statton enlisted for service with the Volunteer Defence Corps of the Australian Military Forces . Commissioned as a lieutenant on 18 June 1942 , he served throughout the war with the 5th Battalion , Volunteer Defence Corps , until his discharge on 9 January 1946 . Statton 's wife died in 1945 , and on 16 December 1947 , he married Monica Enid Effie Kingston ; the pair later had a son . The couple lived at Ouse , where Statton worked as a commercial agent and was a member of the local council . 
