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Sapper WALTER AYTON

Service Number: VX13898
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Engineers

A.I.F. 2/2 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 February 1941

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

6. D. 20.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Meritorious Service Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Nina Ayton; husband of Ivy Florence Ayton, of Canterbury, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN BOTH GREAT WARS - COULD ANY MAN DO MORE?
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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