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BILTON, Arthur Edward
(Service number 7450)

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Birth

Date 21 March 1872 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Clerk
Previous Military Experience New Zealand Artillery, C Battery
Marital Status Married
Next of Kin Mary Edith BILTON (wife), Stanley Street, Randwick, New South Wales
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Military Service

Served with Australian Imperial Force Served in Army
Military District

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Discharge

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Death

Date 31 July 1956 Age 84 years
Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Memorial or Cemetery Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, Ryde, New South Wales
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur Edward Bilton, born on 21 March 1872 and baptised on 7 April at St Mary’s Anglican Church, Timaru, was the son of John and Elizabeth (née Inwood) Bilton. John Bilton died in 1894 and Elizabeth in 1900, both buried in Timaru Cemetery. His early education was at Miss Pavitt’s Private School at Timaru, before he went to Timaru Main School, leaving at the age of sixteen to go out to work. He was a clerk when he enlisted. He named his wife as next-of-kin – Mary Edith Bilton, Stanley Street, Randwick, New South Wales. Arthur had married Mary edith Keefe in 1903 at Perth, Western Australia. He had served in the New Zealand Artillery, C Battery for seven years, when his time expired. His brother Francis also served with the Australian Forces in World War I, and his sister Margaret served with Queen Alexandra’s Nursing Service.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 April 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [15 April 2020]; Find A Grave [15 April 2020]; St Mary’s Timaru Baptism records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [16 April 2020]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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