William August HALTON

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Service Number:	6491
Enlisted:	1 September 1916, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia, 1880
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electric linesman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian Postal Linemen's Union HR, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Postmaster General's Department Glorious Dead Honour Roll, Hobart Postmaster-General's Department WW1 Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

1 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6491, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6491, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6491, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne
6 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6491, 12th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, 12th Btn attack on Boursies.

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