Herbert PAINTON

PAINTON, Herbert

Service Number: 1487
Enlisted: 31 August 1915, Brisbane
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born: Longworth, England, July 1895
Home Town: Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Malaria and Nephritis , Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1919
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Independent, Section H, Grave 911
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane
4 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 1487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 1487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
1 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
15 Jan 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
16 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
10 Mar 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
26 Jan 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1487, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, HT Demosthenes, Suez for invaliding (malaria) to Australia - arrived Melbourne 2 March 1919 then to Sydney.
7 Mar 1919: Involvement Sergeant, 1487, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1487 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1919-03-07

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