Barton, Wilfred Alexander

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Awarded first NSW Rhodes Scholarship in 1904.

Book of Remembrance entry

B.A.; LL.B. (Oxon.) : Lieutenant (Acting Captain), 16th Battn., King''s (Liverpool) Regiment, B.E.F., France. Enlisting in England, was commissioned second-lieutenant 12th May, 1915, and posted to Liverpool Regt., crossing with it to France and serving until the Armistice. Promoted lieutenant, 1st July, 1917; acting captain in November. Mentioned in Despatches. First Rhodes Scholar for N.S.W., 1904. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.

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1880

Birth in Redfern -- NSW, Australia 9 October 1880
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England
1903

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1903
1904

Awarded Rhodes Scholarship 1904
1915

Enlisted 12 May 1915 at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom
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Military service as Acting Captain at France --, France
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1928

Admitted to the Bar 1928 at The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple [ London England ]
1937

Appointed K.C. 1937 at London [ England ]
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Barton, Oswald
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
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Barrister at Wingate, England --, United Kingdom
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Lived at at Chelmsford [ Essex England ]
1953

Death in Chelmsford -- Essex, England 18 March 1953

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Male