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Roy BARTON

Regimental number6541
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDriver
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Mr G Barton, 38 Bathurst Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date23 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Date of death22 September 1917
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row F, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Gilbert and Mary BARTON, 38 Bathurst Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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