WALTON, Lockyer Austin
(Service number 47100)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 5 January 1880 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Criterion Hotel, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mr Thomas JAMES (half-brother), Tawa [Tawai], South Canterbury. Later J. B. THOMAS, Turawai [Tawai], Glenavy | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 25th Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 18 June 1941 | Age | 61 years |
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| Place of Death | Waimate | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Old Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Lockyer Austin Walton was born on 5 January 1880 at Waimate, the son of Henry Charles (Harry) and Jane Elizabeth (formerly Thomas, née Bray) Walton. Jane married firstly James Benjamin Thomas, and after his death in 1872 she married Henry Charles Walton. Jane Elizabeth Walton died on 4 October 1913 at Waimate.
A labourer at Waimate, Lockyer was called up in 1916. He had been imprisoned on 7 February 1916 at Timaru. He was a labourer, his address care of the Criterion Hotel, Waimate, when he enlisted. Single and of Church of England affiliation, he named his half-brother as next-of-kin – Mr Thomas James, Tawai, South Canterbury. Later his next-of-kin was another half-brother – J. B. Thomas, Tawai, Glenavy. L. A. Walton was one of the men who left Waimate by the first express, en route for Trentham, on 13 February 1917. Rifleman L. A. Walton embarked with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade of the 25th Reinforcements, departing for Plymouth, England on 26 April 1917 per the “Tofua”. He was discharged on 10 January 1919, no longer physically fit for War Service. He had suffered ruptured muscles of the neck because of shell exposure.
Lockyer lived out his days at Tawai, and died at Waimate on 18 June 1941, aged 61 years. He was buried with his mother in the Waimate Old Cemetery.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 December 2024]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 December 2024]; Waimate Cemetery burial record [16 December 2024]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [16 December 2024]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 12 February 1917 (Papers Past) [04 March 2021]
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