Edwin Isaac NEWTON

Regimental number1710
Place of birthStawell, Victoria
SchoolStawell State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressStawell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, John William Newton, Duke Street, Stawell, Victoria
Enlistment date12 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 4 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).
Recommendation date: 3 March 1917

FateKilled in Action 9 March 1917
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialBulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 28), Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth Newton. Native of Stawell, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal