Reuben Oliver SAXTON

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Service Numbers:	1426, 1365
Enlisted:	4 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Later issued with the service number 1365
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarra Junction, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Gilderoy, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	State School Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Mill Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Yarra Junction Avenue of Honour, Yarra Junction War Memorial

4 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1426, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. Later issued with the service number 1365
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1426, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1426, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
8 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1365, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1365 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-08

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Son of Alfred Thomas Saxton and Marion Gladwish Saxton of of Gilderoy, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal