School | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales |
Other training | University of Sydney, (law student) |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Student |
Address | Nyrangie, Gladesville, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Cecelia Flora Barton, Gladesville, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, 25th Infantry Battalion, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 13th Battalion, E Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 23 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Serre Road Cemetery (Plot VII, Row D, Grave No. 21), Beaumont-Hamel, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 68 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry Francis and Cecilia Flora BARTON, "Rothesay", Greenwich Road, Greenwich, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2nd Lieutenant Robert Anthony BARTON, 45th Battalion, killed in action, Messines, 9 June 1917. |