UPTON, William
| Service Number: | 791 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 791, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 791, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Arthur Upton and Martha Upton of Washwood Heath Road, Tatley, Birmingham, England.
16 September 1914 - enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW, with the 13th Battalion and with the rank of Private.
29 May 1915 - awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal. Citation reads: On 25th April, 1915, during operations near Kaba Tepe, for great bravery in bringing wounded into shelter, and again on 2nd May, after being shot through the foot, in continuing to defend his trench until again wounded.
London Gazette on 3 June 1915, page 5332, position 29
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 September 1915, page 1749, position 6.
5 August 1915 - Mentioned in Despatches. London Gazette on 5 August 1915, page 7669, position 3.
Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 October 1915, page 2737, position 35
27 August 1915 - promoted to Corporal
25 December 1915 - promoted to Sergeant
11 November 1916 - transferred to the Imperial Camel Corps at Moascar
14 May 1917 - promoted to 2nd Lieutenant at Cairo
24 August 1917 - promoted to Lieutenant
1 July 1918 - transferred to the 14th Light Horse Regiment but detached to 1st Squadron Australian Flying Corp for instruction in Aerial Observation until 30 August 1918
26 December 1918 - commenced return to Australia aboard HT Burma disembarking on 29 January 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
3 March 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District
Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
In May 1967 William was residing at 'Mandon', Collins Promenade, Ingleburn, NSW