LAYTON, Richard Goulburn
| Service Number: | 1224 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1916, An original of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tatura, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Tatura, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Tatura State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 15 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Aeroplane Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium Plot V, row B, Grave No. 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton War Memorial, Tatura R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Sub-Branch Honour Roll, Tatura War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1224, 38th Infantry Battalion, An original of D Company | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1224, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1224, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 15 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 1224, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1224 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Richard Layton was killed near Passchendaele in 1917. In 1919 his grave was concentrated in the cemetery and his identity disc was recovered and eventually returned to his parents during 1921.
His older brother, 1118 Pte. John Mackay Layton 5th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Fleurbaix 10 May 1916, aged 21.
Another brother, 2199 Pte Edward Thomas Layton, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion AIF, was returned to Australia, 10 March 1918 on the authority of the GOC AIF, Sir William Birdwood, on account of his two brothers being killed.
They were the sons of Tom Richard and Annie Layton, of Elsternick, Victoria, who had shifted to there from Tatura, Victoria.