Regimental number | 2736 |
Place of birth | Northcote, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Wood machinist |
Address | Fitzroy, Victoria |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 139 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M Rainsbury, 207 Moore Street, Fitzroy, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/25/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 2736A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 22), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 170 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Joined 8th Bn, Gallipoli, 7 December 1915. Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, Camp Sarpi, Mudros, 20 December 1915 (mumps), and transferred to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Lemnos; discharged to Anzac Base Depot, 5 January 1916. Disembarked Alexandria, 10 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation); rejoined Bn, Tel el Kebir, 11 January 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, and taken on strength, 24 February 1916. Admitted to 4th Field Ambulance, 30 March 1916; transferred same day to No 1 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir (debility); discharged to unit same day. Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, 31 March 1916 (heat stroke); discharged to unit, 1 April 1916. Admitted to 8th Field Ambulance, Ferry Post, 12 May 1916 (boils); transferred to 14th Field Ambulance, 13 May 1916 (septic arm); discharged to unit, 16 May 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported Missing, 19 July 1916. Now, 25 August 1916, declared 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Statement, Red Cross File No 2230604, 3806 Pte W.L. DALTON, C Company, 60th Bn, 21 June 1917: 'Casualty was with me on the 19th July at Fleurbaix in the attack. I went over the parapet in the C. Company wave. I was wounded in the hip and crawled into a shell hole with 5 other men. 2 crawled away leaving 3 of us. One was Cpl. Murton of Bendigo who had his foot blown off. His name is on the Missing List I see. Another one was the above named casulaty who was badly wounded in the abdomen. He lay moaning there all night, and he died before I was rescued by the Stretcher Bearers. I lay there from the Wednesday night to the Friday morning. There was no doubt whatever he died. His body would be unburied.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, RAINSBURY George
Red Cross File No 2230604 |