Wilfred (Plute/Pluto) MORTON

MORTON, Wilfred

    Service Numbers: 1116, 1325
    Enlisted: 13 March 1900, Was allowed to go aged 17, as he was only 1 of two boys who could sound the bugle at full gallop. Served for 1 year and 102 days. Returned 28 May 1901
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 12th Field Ambulance
    Born: Port Germein, South Australia , 16 August 1882
    Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
    Schooling: Quorn School, SA, 1895
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Emphysema, Perth, Western Australia, 12 June 1956, aged 73 years
    Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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    Boer War Service

    13 Mar 1900: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Bugler, 1116, Western Australian Citizen Bushmen, Was allowed to go aged 17, as he was only 1 of two boys who could sound the bugle at full gallop. Served for 1 year and 102 days. Returned 28 May 1901
    2 Jan 1902: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1116, reenlisted but the war ended 5 months later.

    World War 1 Service

    30 Dec 1914: Embarked Lance Corporal, 1325, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle
    30 Dec 1914: Involvement Lance Corporal, 1325, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1325, 4th Field Ambulance, Gallipoli
    28 Feb 1916: Promoted Lance Corporal, Egypt
    23 Mar 1916: Transferred Lance Corporal, 12th Field Ambulance, Tel-el-Kebir
    22 Apr 1916: Promoted Corporal, 12th Field Ambulance
    28 Jul 1917: Promoted Sergeant, 12th Field Ambulance

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