• Born: 1896, Newtown, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia ¹
• Died: 5 May 1917, Bullecourt, France

  Research Notes:

Regimental number 472
Place of birth Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales
School Randwick Public School, New South Wales
Religion Church of England
Occupation Clerk
Address 'Ronzelli' Kemiss Street, Randwick, New South Wales
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 20
Next of kin Father, Alfred T Manton, Kemiss Street, Randwick, New South Wales
Previous military service 21st Aust Infantry; Served in the 21st Battalion Band, NSW.
Enlistment date 26 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 25 June 1915
Rank on enlistment Bugler
Unit name 30th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/47/1
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 1st Battalion
Fate Killed in Action 5 May 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) *date of fate 5th to 8th
Place of death or wounding Bullecourt, France
Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 30
Family/military connections Brother of John Ernest Manton killed in action and nephew of Sgt John Noghten killed in action at Gallipoli. ²

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Alfred Ernest Manton, late of Randwick and of the A.I. Forces.

30th November 1917. On this date Letters of Administration in the Estate of the said deceased were granted to The Public Trustee. Intestate died in France between 5th and 8th May 1917. Estate sworn at £20-0-0 Net. ³