NEWTON, Walter
| Service Number: | 291 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowen Park, New South Wales, Australia, 27 December 1891 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bowen Park State School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 December 1916, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange "Fallen of Orange" Memorial Banners, Orange Cenotaph, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 291, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 291, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 291, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 15 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 291, 18th Infantry Battalion |
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"...291 Private Walter Newton, 18th Battalion, of Orange, NSW. A labourer before enlisting in February 1915, Pte Newton left Australia for Egypt in June 1915 and arrived on Gallipoli in August 1915. He spent less than two weeks on the Gallipoli peninsula before he was wounded and evacuated to Malta with diarrhoea. He rejoined the 18th Battalion in Egypt in January 1916, and proceeded to France for service on the Western Front in March 1916, where he advanced to the rank of Sergeant (Sgt) by November 1916. Sgt Newton was killed whilst on a working party at Delville Wood, near Longueval on 28 December 1916, aged 25." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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