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WALTON, Alfred Walter
(Service number 43068)

Aliases Birth registered as Walter Alfred
First Rank Gunner Last Rank

Birth

Date 10/01/1895 Place of Birth Esk Valley, Otaio

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/of W. Walton, Pleasant Valley
Occupation Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin W. G. WALTON (father), Pleasant Valley, Geraldine
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship New Zealand Field Artillery
Date 26 April 1917
Transport Turakina
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer, grocer, motor driver, bread carter

Death

Date 15 September 1976 Age 81 years
Place of Death Blakehurst, New South Wales, Australia
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland, NSW, Australia
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Alfred Walter Walton was born on 10 January 1895 at Esk Valley, the third son of Walter George and Sarah Louisa (née Hodgkinson) Walton. He attended Otaio School from February 1900 till October 1905. On 30 November 1921 at St Anne's Church, Pleasant Valley, near Geraldine, he married Agnes Eugenie Duncan. His older brother Charles also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 February 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 February 2018]; School Admission record (Waimate Branch NZSG) [10 February 2018]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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