Arthur Ernest DUTTON

DUTTON, Arthur Ernest

    Service Number: 255
    Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Corop, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Corop, Campaspe, Victoria
    Schooling: Corop West State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Elmore St. Peter's Anglican Church Corporal Arthur Dutton Memorial Plaque, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 255, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    20 Jun 1916: Involvement Private, 255, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
    20 Jun 1916: Embarked Private, 255, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
    29 Dec 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, France
    4 Jun 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 38th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement Corporal, 255, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 255 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-07
    7 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 255, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Commemorated in Elmore Cemetery, Victoria. Headstone inscription reads: 'He gave his all.' Parents: James and Sarah DUTTON, Hervey Street, Elmore, Victoria. Native of Corop, Victoria.

    Cousin to Lieut George Henry Dutton killed in action in France.

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