Albert Ernest ORTON

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Service Number:	5766
Enlisted:	29 February 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 8 May 1923, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican. Section KA, Grave 0625
Memorials:

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5766, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
15 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5766, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
15 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5766, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Fremantle
17 Nov 1916:	Transferred Private, 28th Infantry Battalion, From 11th Battalion
30 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5766, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit due to trachoma

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as William Street, Perth, WA.

Son of James Orton and Jessica Isabel Redden formerly Orton nee Pittman of Railway Crescent, Bayswater, WA.

Commenced return to Australia on 1 February 1918 aboard HT Balmoral Castle disembarking on 9 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal