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John Harold BOUGHTON

Regimental number486
Place of birthNyngan, New South Wales
SchoolWest Marrickville Superior Public School, New South Wales
Other trainingServed in School Cadets, West Marrickville, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk (Railway)
AddressWest Tamworth, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Chas Mathieson Broughton, West Tamworth, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll4 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGrandson of the late Sergeant Samuel Broughton, who served 50 years in the 3rd Regiment, NSW Volunteer Infantry.
FateDied of disease 24 October 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli (d. Heliopolis, Egypt), Turkey
Date of death24 October 1916 (Died of dysentery)
Age at death25
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row D, Grave 157), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
87
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Charles Matheson Boughton and Aimee Boughton of March Street, Richmond, New South Wales. Cause of death - dysentery, contracted in the trenches at Gallipoli

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