Edwin Alan GALTON

Regimental number6437
Place of birthBungendore New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressTownsville PO, Townsville, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Maria Galton, Railway Street, West Granville, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 22), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Maria GALTON, Dundas, New South Wales. Native of Bungendore, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal