Walter Beaumont MOUTON

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MOUTON, Walter Beaumont

Service Number:	280
Enlisted:	13 October 1914, Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Etaples Military Cemetery, Etaples, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

13 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
17 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Aeneas, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Walter Beaumont MOUTON was born in Sydney on 5th February, 1896

His parents were Dan MOUTON & Mary Ann FAKE who married in New Zealand in 1888

Walter was Killed in Action in France on 6th August, 1916 - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial

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

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