CATTON R.

Given Names:  Royal Stanley

Service Number:  9296

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade, 1st reinforcements                                                                

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  214321

Age:  18 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Farm Labourer                                                                                           

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¼ In                  

Weight:  136 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  2/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  SISTER  Mrs Annie Aubert

60 Disraeli Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                       

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ypringa  

Embarked:  15/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  5/7/1919

Unit:  4th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  7/10/1919                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  16276

British War Medal:  27646

Victory Medal:  27541

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1898

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  James CATTON                         

Mother:  Mary ANGEL

MARRIAGE

Year:  1926     

Place:             

Spouse: Nellie HIGGINS

DEATH

Date or Year: 1981                                 

Place: Sale, Victoria                                

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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