WALTON, Thomas
| Service Number: | 4932 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilburn, Middlesex, England, June 1888 |
| Home Town: | Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Central School, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row F, Grave 18, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4932, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4932, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4932, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 4932, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4932 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas came out to Australia from England during 1911. Neutral Bay NSW was given as his place of association.
Thomas was wounded in the back and arms by shrapnel on 19 July 1916, admitted to the 1st Canadian Casualty Clearing Station where he died on 20 July 1916. He was buried the same day in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension.
His sister stated on his Roll of Honour form, “He had three brothers serving with the British Army, one killed in action.”
This article appeared in the Barnsley Chronicle, England, 5 August 1916, ‘Private Thomas Walton, 53rd Australian Imperial Force, has died of wounds received in France. He was 28 years of age and the second son of Mrs. and the late Henry Walton, of Prince Arthur Street, Barnsley. Along with Mr. Walter Armitage (who has also joined the Colours) and Mr. Tom Hall, the deceased soldier emigrated from Barnsley about five years ago, his trade being that of a bricklayer. He was apprentices to Mr. Walter Dunk, builder, Barnsley and during the time he lived in Australia he lived with Mr. Methley, of Yass, and formerly of Barnsley. Mrs. Walton's three other sons are all in the Army. Tom had only been in France a very short time when he received the mortal wound.’
Tom’s brother, 345988 Sergeant Frederick Walton, 14th Service Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), was later killed in action 2 September 1918. Age 22.
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