WALTON, Arthur William
Service Number: | WX11406 |
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Enlisted: | 5 April 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bedfordshire, England, 23 June 1913 |
Home Town: | Cowaramup, Augusta-Margaret River Shire, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Stablehand/Farmer |
Died: | Natural causes, Western Australia, 26 May 1985, aged 71 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
5 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Private, WX11406, Claremont, Western Australia | |
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5 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11406 | |
17 Jul 1942: | Imprisoned El Alamein | |
15 Jan 1946: | Discharged Private, WX11406, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion | |
15 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX11406 |
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Arthur arrived in Australia in the early 1920s and came to Cowaramup at the age of 10 with his family in 1923. He enlisted for war service on 5 Apr 1941 at Claremont in Perth. His next of kin was Ernest Walton and he held the rank of Private with the 7 RFS 2/23.
Arthur was a prisoner of war in Italy and returned to Cowaramup and farming pursuits.
Memorial Plaque in Cowaramup WA