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PAINTON, Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1487 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1915, Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Longworth, England, July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Malaria and Nephritis , Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 7 March 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Independent, Section H, Grave 911 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough Queen's Park War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Brisbane | |
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| 4 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1487, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 15 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 16 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 10 Mar 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 26 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1487, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, HT Demosthenes, Suez for invaliding (malaria) to Australia - arrived Melbourne 2 March 1919 then to Sydney. | |
| 7 Mar 1919: | Involvement Sergeant, 1487, 1st Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1487 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1919-03-07 |
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