Regimental number | 3256 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
Other training | Compositor |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Journalist |
Address | Emmaville, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Elizabeth Walton, 28 Blue Street, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 54th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/71/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 54th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux |
Place of burial | Namps-au-Val British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave 3), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 160 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William James and Elizabeth Walton, 20, Knox Street, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 1634 Corporal Stanley Francis CHIPPINDALE DCM, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, died of wounds, 17 August 1916; 3985 Lance Corporal Reginald James GODFREY MM, 7th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 19 February 1919. |
Other details | War service: France |