Edwin ORTON

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Service Numbers:	1404, 2277, R2277
Enlisted:	27 November 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wigston, Leicestershire, England, 1893
Home Town:	Parwan, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	New South Wales, Australia, 1978, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

27 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1404, 6th Infantry Battalion
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1404, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1404, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enteric Fever - Returned to Australia HMAT Suffolk
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2277, Reinforcements WW1, Re attested
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 2277, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
5 Apr 1919:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, R2277, 59th Infantry Battalion
20 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, R2277, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Son of William Orton and Karen Orton of Fairfield Street, Wigton, Leicestershire, England.

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Warwickshire disembarking on 28 May 1919

Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medla

During March 1919 Edwin married Elizabeth Beadsworth in the Parish Church, Blaby, Leicestershie, England. Vicar C.W. Weston officiated.

In September 1923 while residing in Mulwarree Street, Goulburn Edwin applied for assistance under the War Service Act.