Daniel BARTON

BARTON, Daniel

Service Numbers: 756, 756B
Enlisted: 17 March 1917, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Drillham, Queensland, Australia, 12 September 1898
Home Town: Mudgeeraba, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling: Mudgeeraba State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: School teacher
Died: Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
IV. O. 5., Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

17 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 756, Brisbane, Queensland
30 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 756, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 756, 1st Machine Gun Company, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
31 Aug 1918: Involvement Private, 756B, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 756B awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-31

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Enlisted with his TWIN brother 755A Pte. John Joseph (Jack) Barton. The two embarked, served and died together in France. Their older brother 759 Pte. William Edward Barton, 42nd infantry Battalion AIF also served and survived the Great War.