Ernest Cecil ORTON

ORTON, Ernest Cecil

    Service Number: 4196
    Enlisted: 13 October 1915, Goulburn
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Oldham, England, United Kingdom, 11 October 1883
    Home Town: Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales
    Schooling: Watsons Bay Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Cook
    Died: Natural causes, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1960, aged 76 years
    Cemetery: Bathurst General Cemetery
    Church of England, Section F.
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4196, Goulburn
    27 Jan 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion
    11 Mar 1916: Embarked Private, 4196, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney
    11 Mar 1916: Involvement Private, 4196, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
    11 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion
    20 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4196, 18th Infantry Battalion, HT Nestor, England for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 4 July 1919
    19 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4196, 18th Infantry Battalion

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