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NEWTON, Walter
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3376 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Yancannia, New South Wales, 1 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Yancannia Creek, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station overseer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Broken Hill, New South Wales, 23 July 1963, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Broken Hill Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3376, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 22 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3376, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jun 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3376, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 10 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 3376, 9th Light Horse Regiment |
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Son of Maggie Tyler of Torrawangee, NSW
"...3376 Trooper Walter Newton a station overseer of Yancannia, NSW, an Aboriginal serviceman who enlisted on 15 February 1917. Tpr Newton embarked in Melbourne with the 28 Reinforcements to the 9th Light Horse Regiment on board the troopship Port Lincoln (A17) bound for Egypt. Tpr Newton embarked at Kantara on the Troopship Oxfordshire bound for Australia on 10 July 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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