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Walter HAUGHTON

Regimental number4650
Place of birthErskineville, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolFort Street Superior Public School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHotelkeeper
Address137 Dowling Street, East Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinMrs M Haughton, 137 Dowling Street, East Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 3 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was a Hotel-keeper before the war started.
FateKilled in Action 18 April 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Walter H
Place of death or woundingBelloy Hargicourt, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row H, Grave No. 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
40
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Fanny HAUGHTON; husband of Mary HAUGHTON, 18 Kellett Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney. Native of Sydney
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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