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• Name LAYTON
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Cootamundra
• Country New South Wales, Australia
• Family Son of William and Eliza Layton
• Extra info Husband of Eleanor S. G. Layton, of "Mount Pleasant," Lawson, New South Wales; twin girls Sybil and Joyce;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted on 25 April 1916
• Rank Lieutenant
• Regiment and unit 33rd Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 9th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 3rd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation in Sydney on 4 May 1916; To France on 19 September 1917

Death

• Wounded Bellevue Ridge
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds back penetrating at n°2 Canadian CCS
• Date of death 17 October 1917
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - B - 11

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