Edward George UPTON

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Service Number:	5447
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Guildford, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Barman
Died:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone C, Section 12, Grave 3268
Memorials:

22 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5447, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
22 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5447, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Son of Walter Upton and Louisa Upton of Albert Parade, Guildford, NSW.

6 January 1916 - enlisted at Casula, NSW, with the 19th Battalion with the rank of Private.

15 April 1917 - wounded in action. Wounds to both legs. Invalided to England on 19 April 1917 aboard HS Jan Breydel.

Commenced return to Australia on 10 September 1917 aboard HT Ulysses disembarking on 16 November 1917

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

11 May 1918 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding