Arthur Henry (Harry) UPTON

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Service Number:	5119
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Newsagent
Died:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 29 December 1947, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Ballarat New Cemetery and Crematorium, Victoria Private BB, Section 7, Grave 38. Interred on the 31 December 1947 Commemorated with a plaque in the Victoria Garden of Remembrance.
Memorials:

22 Dec 1917:	Involvement Private, 5119, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1917:	Embarked Private, 5119, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Served at Arthur Harry Upton.

Son of James George Upton and Jane Upton nee Shepherd of Dixon Street, Malvern, Victoria.

1 August 1917 - enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria, with the 29th Battalion and with the rank of Private

15 October 1918 - transferred to the 58th Battalion

1 August 1919 - promoted to Sergeant

Commenced return to Australia on 8 September 1919 aboard HT Raranga disembarking on 27 October 1919

Medal: British War Medal

15 February 1920 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit