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NEWTON, Herbert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 6805 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Swinton, England, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Birkenhead, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Christ Church School, Pendlebury, England |
Occupation: | Brick Layer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Celtic Wood, Belgium, 9 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6805, 10th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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7 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6805, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Killed during the raid on Celtic Wood 9 October 1917