HATTON, William Berend
| Service Number: | 932 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Moonee Ponds, Moonee Valley, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Moonee Ponds West State School |
| Occupation: | Sleeper Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 932, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 932, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 932, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement 932, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 932 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Son of George and Louise HATTON
Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry in action. He rendered most valuable services in leading patrols and in clearing dugouts and capturing prisoners.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 116
Date: 25 July 1917
Military Medal
'This N.C.O. played a conspicuous part in holding an isolated trench for two days under severe enfilade fire. When coming back from this position he brought in three wounded men. He is daring leader of dangerous enterprises.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62
Date: 19 April 1917
GALLANT SOLDIER FALLS
After having been mentioned in despatches twice for his services in
the Gallipoli campaign, and been awarded the Military Medal and the
Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry in France, Company-Sergeant-Major William B. Hatton has been killed in action.
He was the eldest son of Mr G. F. Hatton, Argyle street, Moonee
Ponds, and left Australia with the 3rd (NSW) Battalion. The official
records show that he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal
"for conspicuous gallantry in action. He rendered most valuable service in leading patrols, and in clearing dug outs and capturing prisoners." He was killed on October 4.
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