Regimental number | 1159 |
Place of birth | Werribee Victoria |
School | Werribee State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Engine driver |
Address | Werribee PO, Werribee |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Nellie I Swanton, Werribee PO, Werribee |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, B Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 24th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No 11), Picardie, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 103 |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2760 Pte Henry SWANTON, 29th Bn, killed in action, 2 November 1916; 222 Pte John SWANTON, 2nd Bn, killed in action, 2 May 1915. |
Miscellaneous details | Surname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as SWANSON. |