Clarence Stanaway was born 31 May 1909 in Rehia, Northern Wairoa, Kaipara. He was the younger of girl-boy twins (Birth Certificate number 1909/23976).

Margaret Eileen (Irene) and Clarence (Clarrie) Stanaway – Colleen Stanaway Collection.

Not much is known of his childhood but we can assume that it is much the same as his siblings and other children in the area at the time.

On 2 June 1915 at the age of just 6, Clarence dies of Lymphadenoma which he had for three months (Death Certificate number 1915/2849), and was buried at Mt Wesley Cemetery in Dargaville on 4 June 1915.