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LAWTON, Ernest Eric
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3396 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Miles, Queensland, Australia, 9 September 1896 |
| Home Town: | Drillham, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Drillham State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 September 1916, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Miles Wall of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3396, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3396, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3396, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Ernest Eric Lawton was killed in action with the 49th Battalion at Mouquet Farm, 5 days short of his 20th birthday. His older brother, 1710 Gnr. James Colin Hasty Lawton, 2nd Division Trench Mortar Battery, Australian Field Artillery, had died of wounds three weeks before at Pozieres, on 11 August 1916, age 23. Their father had died in 1908 when the two brothers were still only children. Cousin Pte J Lawton killed in action.