Barton, Nathaniel Dunbar

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M.B., Ch.M. : Major, 7th A.L.H. Regt., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. Enlisting 5th November, 1914, and sailing 18th December, served at Gallipoli, where wounded 10th July, 1915, and then in Sinai Desert, Palestine and elsewhere till wounded at Amman 27th March, 1918, and invalided to Australia, arriving 18th August. Promoted captain, 10th October, 1915; major, 8th September, 1916. Mentioned in Despatches. Member of the Coronation Contingent, 1937. Early education at The King''s School. Later at St. Paul's College. In November, 1917, he occupied Hill 330, Auja, with 19 men, 15 rifles and two Hotchkiss guns which jammed, and captured 4 officers and 194 men with 4 machineguns, rifles and bombs.—Official History of Australia in the Great War.

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1894

Birth in Wellington -- NSW, Australia 5 June 1894
1894

Birth 5 Jun 1894 at Wellington
1913

Early education at The King's School, Parramatta, NSW, Australia 1913
1914

Military service as Major at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; Egypt --, Egypt ; Palestinian Territories --, Palestinian Territory, Occupied 20 November 1914
1914

Enlisted 5 Nov 1914
1918

Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on 1918
1923

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1923
1923

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1923
1923

Married 8 Jul 1923
1926

Medical Officer at Parkes Hospital -- Parkes, NSW, Australia 1926
1946

Medical Officer at Wellington -Wellington District Hospital- NSW, Australia 1946
1962

Government Medical Officer at Wellington -- NSW, Australia 1962
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Barton, John a'Beckett Darvall
1985

Barton N.D. : Death 25 Aug 1985

University connections	University of Sydney
Event flag	World War I World War II
Family name	Barton
Given name(s)	Nathaniel Dunbar
Initials	N.D.
Gender	Male
Combined start dates	1914
Related Person(s)	Barton, John a'Beckett Darvall
Survived	Survived WWI
PDF of book entry	BARTON NATHANIEL DUNBAR.pdf [ file_data/pdfs_from_BOR pdf 27622 ]
Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY	St Paul's College, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
USyd residential college	St. Paul's College, University of Sydney
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Parental occupation	Pastoralist
Internal notes	Served in WWII
WWI	Yes
Basic Information needed	No
Flag BoR OCR text	Yes
BOR Archives File	Yes
Source Details text	SUU Annual Report 1945 University of Sydney Medical Journal, 1946, p.132
PrevProv	Yes

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