Regimental number | 669 |
Place of birth | Chelsea, London, England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Horse breaker |
Address | Walla Walla, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Height | 5' 9.5" |
Weight | 168 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J Dalton, 14 Riley Street, Chelsea, London, England |
Previous military service | Served for 14 months in the Royal Engineers, London, England. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 1, Brigade Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/29/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A8 Argyllshire on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of burial | At sea |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 11), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Transferred to Gallipoli Peninsula from Zaheria, 2 October 1915. Attached to Heavy Battery, Gallipoli, 11 October 1915. Found guilty, 7 November 1915, of making an improper reply to an NCO: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2. Transferred to 1st Battery, 6 December 1915. Died at sea on board HT 'Hororata' en route Mudros to Alexandria, 25 December 1915 (jaundice and enteric fever). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, DALTON James |