NEWTON, John
| Service Number: | 729 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Chudleigh, Devonshire. United Kingdom., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mayfield, Waratah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 October 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial C. 29. INSCRIPTION WE HAVE LOVED HIM IN LIFE LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH. ST. AUGUSTINE , Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowra & District Great War Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 729, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anglo Egyptian embarkation_ship_number: A25 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 729, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Anglo Egyptian, Sydney | |
| 9 Oct 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 729, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 729 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-10-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1892 Newton John Newton A. 5b 106
John lived with his parents, John and Agnes Alice Newton at Clapperland Lodge on the Ugbrooke Estate prior to emigrating to Australia . Ugbrooke House is a stately home in the parish of Chudleigh, situated in a valley between Exeter and Newton Abbot. Devon, England. When resident in Kingsteignton parish he had been a member of the local Unionist Club in Broadway Road (now the site of the Kingsteignton Youth Club). On receipt of the news of his death the club flew its flag at half mast.
His parents later moved to Rose Cottage, Ince Blundell, Hightown, Liverpool, England.
At the outbreak of war he volunteered for the Colonial Contingent to assist the Mother Country. He arrived in Egypt in March 1915 and on 9th July left Egypt for the Dardenelles.
He is remembered on the
Kingsteignton War Memorial located in the churchyard annexe at Sandpath Road Kingsteignton and which was unveiled on 24th May 1921 (Empire Day). It was designed in the form of a Maltese Cross by Canon Mills of Truro and carved from Dartmoor granite. The cross measures some 104 ins high (its base is 16 ins wide x 10 ins deep) and stands on a granite base measuring 48 ins wide x 30 ins deep x 36 ins high. The base is set on a granite plinth measuring 72 ins wide x 54 ins deep x 10 ins high.
Fifty six names of those who had fallen in the conflict were originally inscribed on the slate memorial tablet (42.5 ins x 30.5 ins), two more being added at a later date to make a total of fifty eight. The carved names were originally illuminated with white paint but this was removed in 1928. Now the lettering is painted black.
The memorial was paid for by money raised by public subscription and handed over to the custody of the Vicar and Churchwardens, a fund being set up for its upkeep under the trusteeship of the British Legion.
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