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Joseph Brough LITTLETON

Regimental number2437
Place of birthBeech Hill, Cumberland, England
SchoolBoard School, England
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressMurga via Cudal, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Mr Richard Littleton, Sillott Farm, Cumberland, England
Enlistment date27 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A47 Mashobra on 14 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Jane LITTLETON, Skinburness, Silloth, Cumberland, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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