Richard LINTON

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	16 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Born:	Dalton, Dumfries, Scotland, 30 November 1861
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Merchant
Died:	Died of shock and exposure , Aegean Sea, Greece (HT Southland torpedoed & sunk), 2 September 1915, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	East Mudros Military Cemetery Plot II, Row K, Grave 190
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haileybury College HB, Haileybury College HB

16 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Colonel, Officer, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Colonel, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel, 6th Infantry Brigade Headquarters, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: Commanding 6th Australian Infantry Brigade awm_rank: Colonel awm_died_date: 1915-09-02

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