SWANTON T.H.

Given Names:  Theophilas Howell

Service Number:  13171

Unit:  Aux Mech Transport Company, 1st reinforcements                                                  

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  213239

Age:  19 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  131 Lbs

Chest:  32-35 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  30/8/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Swanton

Stawell Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  22/12/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Persic A34

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Orma    

Embarked:      

Disembarked:  26/11/1919

Unit:  2nd Australian Motor Transport Company                                                                              

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  11/1/1920                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  61836

Victory Medal:  59955

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  28/5/1897

Place:  Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Father:  William Howell SWANTON          

Mother:  Lucy Freeman KITCHEN

MARRIAGE

Year:  1927     

Place:             

Spouse: Mary Frances Kathleen ELLIOTT

DEATH

Date or Year: 4/4/1977                            

Place: Hawthorn, Victoria                        

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

Kew Presbyterian Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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