Mathew Charles ORTON

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Service Number:	1868
Enlisted:	19 February 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Atterstone, Warwickshire, England, 16 July 1892
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Melbourne South, Victoria, Australia, 1945, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Docklands Members of Railway Head Office Staff Honour Roll

19 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1868, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
14 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1868, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
14 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1868, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
21 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1868, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William Orton and Emily Orton nee Hood of of Henderson Street, South Northcote, Victoria.

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on 22 May 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal