| 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 |