Alfred Royer Manton
(1837-1903)
Jane Green
(1842-1913)
Thomas Naghton
(-)
Mary
(-)
Alfred Fennessey E. Manton
(1867-1937)
Mary Elizabeth Naghton
(-1948)
John Edward Manton
(1894-1916)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Adeline J. Moodie

John Edward Manton

  • Born: 1894, Newtown, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia 2
  • Married: 1912, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1
  • Died: Jul 1916, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France (WWI)

  Research Notes:

Regimental number 217
Place of birth Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales
School Newtown and Randwick Public School, New South Wales
Religion Church of England
Occupation Clerk
Address Como, Allanton Road, Randwick, New South Wales
Marital status Married
Age at embarkation 23
Next of kin Wife, Mrs A J Manton, Como, Allanton Road, Randwick, New South Wales
Previous military service Australian Engineers
Enlistment date 1 September 1914
Rank on enlistment Bugler
Unit name 1st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/18/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Fate Killed in Action 22-25 July 1916
Place of death or wounding Pozieres, Somme Sector, France
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 30
Family/military connections Brother: Alfred Manton, 1st Battalion, killed in action November 1916 3

  Marriage Information:

John married Adeline J. Moodie, daughter of Edward J. Moodie and Ellen Aitkenhead, in 1912 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1. (Adeline J. Moodie was born in 1893 in Redfern district, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia 4 and died on an unknown date.)

Sources


1 NSW Registry BDM (marriages), 711/1912.

2 NSW Registry BDM (births), 24675/1894.

3 The A.I.F. Project.

4 NSW Registry BDM (births), 31376/1893.


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