EICHNER, Lynton Clarence
| Service Number: | 3228 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorketown, South Australia, 19 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Rainbow, Hindmarsh, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Yorketown, South Australia, 23 May 1960, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Yorketown Pink Lake Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Yorketown and District of Melville Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3228, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3228, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3228, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Lynton Clarence Eichner was brought into the world in 1894 in Yorketown South Australia. His parents were Mrs Augusta Louisa Marie Eichner and Constantine Eichner. He worked as a farer in Rainbow, Victoria. On the 28th of March 1916 at the age of 21 and 6 months Lynton Clarence Eichner enrolled in the AIF in Adelaide. Eichner was just 5'6" and 138 lbs around then. He reached his unit in France in February 1917 and served through the rest of the war without being wounded.
Lynton returned to Australia on the 31st of March 1919. In 1922 Lynton was married to Delcie Clarice Pegler Eichner. He died on 23rd of May 1960 and is buried at Pink Lake Cemetery in Yorketown.
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