Garton, Samuel

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Garton, Edmund Allen Samuel

Service Number Number 5341 1494 Service Killed KilledininAction Action19th 3rd May 1915 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula Bullecourt, France

Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of Benalyn Campbell And Vivienne Tranter in compiling this resource

The information in this file has been extracted from official records held in the The Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Garton, Samuel

SERVICE NO

5341

UNIT RANK

Private

AGE at Enlistment

39 yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH

Redfern, NSW

ADDRESS

PO Brooklyn, NSW

OCCUPATION

Fisherman

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

26 Feb 1916

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Bathurst, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

RELIGION

Brother;- Edward George Garton, Brooklyn, Mooney Creek, Hawkesbury River/83 Hardie St. Mascot. NSW./ Mungindi, NSW Elder Brother;- Frederick Gaton, 83 Hardie St. Mascot. NSW Height-5’8”. Weight-147lbs. Chest-35-37”. Complexion-Fresh. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Scar 4” long over R/Elbow. C/E

EMBARKED

Sydney 28 Aug 1916 per A18 “Wiltshire”.

DISEMBARKED

Plymouth 13 Oct 1916

NOTES

Parents deceased.

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

3 May 1917-France-Missing in Action

DIED

3 May 1917- Killed instantly by shell explosion at Bullecourt-France

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

BURIED MEDALS

British War Medal-45935, Victory Medal-45409. Memorial Plaque & Scroll339427.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS WILL CORRESPONDENCE REMARKS

Thought by other servicemen to be about 50 yrs old, grey hair, feeble looking, evacuated to hospital on several occasions.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 4026638

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