Albert NEWTON

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Service Number:	856
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, West Maitland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dobson Town, New Zealand, 10 December 1889
Home Town:	Greta, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Self inflicted wound, Morrisett, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1937, aged 47 years
Cemetery:	Greta General Cemetery, NSW
Memorials:

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 856, 34th Infantry Battalion, West Maitland
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 856, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 856, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
12 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion
28 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 856, 54th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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