Ernest Webb ORTON

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Service Number:	66505
Enlisted:	18 June 1918, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW)
Born:	Auburn, Victoria, Australia, 1 January 1881
Home Town:	Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 1944, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

18 Jun 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 66505, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Oct 1918:	Involvement Private, 66505, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
22 Oct 1918:	Embarked Private, 66505, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Boonah, Adelaide
2 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 66505, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of Rose Orton of Auburn, Victoria.

Served his carpentary apprenticeship with Thomas Tellisbe of Melbourne, Victoria for eight years.

Husband of Myrtle Olive Orton nee Rowett of 'Ayr', Parnell Street, Strathfield, NSW. Ernest and Myrtle married during 1913c in Sydney, NSW

Returned to Australia on 20 November 1918 due to troopship HT Boonah being recalled, disembarked at Adelaide for onward traavel to Sydney

Medal: British War Medal

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