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Nathaniel Dunbar BARTON

Date of birth5 June 1894
OccupationMedical student
AddressNanima, Wellington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs C H Barton, Nanima, Wellington, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 November 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 November 1914
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name7th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/12/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A31 Ajana on 19 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Light Horse Regiment
Promotions

Major


Unit: 7th Light Horse
Promotion date: 8 September 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

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Recommendation date: 5 January 1916

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Recommendation date: "Letter dated 8September 1915"

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Refers Lone Pine.
Recommendation date: "August-September 1915"

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Second Supplement No. 30480 (16 January 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 76 (23 May 1918).

FateReturned to Australia 12 July 1918
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 588 Pte Brian Templar BARTON, 6th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 3 December 1917; 3648 Pte Denis Hampden BARTON, 6th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 28 June 1919.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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