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WHATTON, Ernest Bartholomew

Service Number:	2040
Enlisted:	20 January 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 16 June 1894
Home Town:	Pyrmont, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bushman
Died:	Died of wounds, 16th Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	New Zealand No.2 Outpost Cemetery Special Memorial 30., New Zealand No 2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

20 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2040, 13th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2040, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2040, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney
13 Jul 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2040, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Aug 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2040, 13th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Australia Valley during attack on Abdul Rahman Bair.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of H. Watton, 99 Bowman Street, Pyrmont, New South Wales