Lionel Salter BARTON

BARTON, Lionel Salter

Service Number: 157
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Queensland, Australia, 7 January 1878
Home Town: Miriam Vale, Gladstone, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stockman, Pastoralist
Died: Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1904, aged 26 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Gladstone Cemetery, Qld
Plot: Position 30 Row 10 Section E
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 157, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 157, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 157, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Lionel Salter Barton was born on 7 Jan 1878 in Queensland, a son to Robert Crofts Barton and Anna Barton (nee Richards) who were owners of Toweran Station near Miriam Vale, Queensland.