John Howard WALTON

Regimental number3924
Date of birth18 August 1891
Place of birthPort Augusta, South Australia
SchoolParkside Model School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor-driver
Address1 Black Burn Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Vere Walton, 1 Black Burn Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date1 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Australian Light Railway Operating Company
FateReturned to Australia 11 May 1919
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2390 Staff Sergeant Frank Raymond WALTON, 29th Company, Army Service Corps, returned to Australia, 9 December 1918; 2824 Lance Corporal Geoffrey WALTON, 29th Company, Army Service Corps, returned to Australia, 21 March 1919; 2530 Pte Harry Adrian WALTON, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 21 April 1918.
Other detailsWar service: Egypt, France, Belgium. Wounded, Flers, France; remained on duty. Wounded, second ocasion, Kemmel, Belgium; invalided to Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD), Mitcham Market, Suffolk, England, 24 April 1918; recovered and returned to duty, 5 June 1918.