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Benjamin B DUTTON

Regimental number823
Place of birthLiverpool New South Wales
SchoolPark Hill Higher Grade Church School, Liverpool, England
Age on arrival in Australia29
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRailway Department, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinSister, Mrs E Owen, 43 Gray Street, Bootle, England
Enlistment date29 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 17), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin Joseph and Annie DUTTON. Born at Liverpool, England

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