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AYTON, Walter

Service Numbers:	110, VX13898
Enlisted:	8 February 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia, 11 September 1897
Home Town:	Warrandyte, Manningham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Accidental (Injuries), Benghazi, Libya, Egypt, 25 February 1941, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Benghazi War Cemetery, Libya 6. D. 20., Benghazi War Cemetery, Benghazi province, Libya
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 110, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 110, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
5 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 110, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
9 Dec 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2 ANZAC Corps Headquarters
15 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Field Company Engineers
20 Apr 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 110, 1st Field Company Engineers, HT Boonah, London for return to Australia - arriving 8 June 1919.
7 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 110, 1st Field Company Engineers

World War 2 Service

9 Feb 1940:	Involvement Sapper, VX13898, 2nd/2nd Field Company / Squadron RAE, Libya/North Africa
9 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Sapper, VX13898, 2nd/2nd Field Company / Squadron RAE, Melbourne
9 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX13898

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