James Roi D'ALTON MM

D'ALTON, James Roi

    Service Number: 176
    Enlisted: 24 February 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 3rd Pioneer Battalion
    Born: Natimuk, Victoria, 12 October 1888
    Home Town: Stawell, Northern Grampians, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Contractor
    Died: Natural causes, Stawell, Victoria, 28 November 1968, aged 80 years
    Cemetery: Stawell Pleasant Creek Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
    Memorials: Fyans Creek State School Roll of Honor, Halls Gap Honour Roll, Halls Gap Memorial Gates
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 176, Melbourne, Victoria
    6 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 176, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    6 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 176, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    14 Oct 1917: Wounded Private, 176, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres
    25 Dec 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
    6 Apr 1918: Wounded Lance Corporal, 176, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, 2nd occasion
    21 Jun 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 176, 3rd Pioneer Battalion

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    Biography

    "...Mrs Cumming has also learnt that one of her nephews with an English regiment (Sergt J. Cumming) has won a military medal and also a bar to same, whilst her son-in-law, Pte J. R. D'Alton, of Hal's Gap, also won a military medal. Mrs Cumming's only other son was killed at Messines some time ago." - from the Stawell News 19 Jun 1918 (nla.gov.au)

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