UPTON, Michael
| Service Number: | 1562 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lilydale, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Yering, Yarra Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Sea Lake, Victoria, Australia, 15 April 1974, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sea Lake Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Coldstream & Yering War Memorial, Nandaly & District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1562, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1562, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Upton and Elizabeth Agnes Upton nee Wolffe/Woulffe of Yering, Victoria.
29 March 1915 - enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria, with the 23rd Battlaion with the rank of Private
1 March 1916 - transferred to the 6th Machine Gun Company
10 November 1916 - wounded in action. Transferred to England aboard HS Carisbrook Castle with wound to the right leg, later amputated below the knee.
16 December 1917- commenced return to Australia aboard HT Kanowna disembarking on 3 February 1918
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
23 March 1918 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to amputation.
During 1925c Michael married Eva Florence Miners in Victoria
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