UPTON, Selwyn Arthur
| Service Numbers: | 173, 1005 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia , 9 November 1895 |
| Home Town: | Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Mittagong Public School and Fort Street School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Analytical Chemist |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France I D 8 |
| Memorials: | Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 173, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Sydney, NSW | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 173, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 173, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 1005, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 1005, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of George and Louisa UPTON
Lieutenant SELAVYN ARTHUR UPTON, who was killed in action on May 3 last was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. George Upton, of Montague Road, Cromorne, formerly of Auburn, he was 21 years of age, and enlisted as n private at the outbreak of the war. He went to Rabaul, and afterwards to Galllpoli, where he received his commission, he was invalided home from the peninsula through enteric. He left for France last October, in charge of reinforcements. Before his enlistment Lieutenant Upton was being trained in the laboratory of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company as an analytical chemist. He was a promising young officer, and one of the Fort Street boys.
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