Name
George Heaton
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/10/1917
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 7
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Digswell House Australian Hospital Memorial, St John's Church, Digswell
Pre War
George Heaton was born in Derby, England, the son of John and Eliza Heaton, and husband of Helen Heaton, of Cusack Street, Wangaratta, Victoria. He worked as a Managing law clerk and was 38 when he enlisted.
Wartime Service
He enlisted on 1 April 1916 as a Lieutenant with the 7th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement. His unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A14 Euripdes on 4 April 1916.
He was killed in action on 4 October 1917 but his body was not recovered for burial and his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
aif.adfa.edu.au
