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John William SWATTON

Regimental number4905
Date of birth24 December 1895
Place of birthMoonee Ponds, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGrocer
AddressMcKenzie Street, West Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Swatton, McKenzie Street, West Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date10 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31089 (31 December 1918); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 (23 May 1919).

FateReturned to Australia 11 May 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: enlisted, Bendigo, 25 April 1942; discharged, 19 December 1945, as V362516 Lt Colonel, 15th Bn, Volunteer Defence Corps.
Date of death9 August 1988
Age at death92
Place of burialBendigo Cemetery, Victoria

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