The son of Herbert and Sarah Ayton, Arthur enlisted in the 2/29 Battalion A.I.F. at Burnie, Tasmania on 22 October 1940.
Prior to capitulation he was transferred to the 2/26 Battalion, from which he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese POW No 388, Arthur Ayton was a member of the 1st Death March, during which he died 2 miles east of Tampias from Cardiac Beri-Beri.
He is commemorated on Panel 16 of Labuan Memorial, at the Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Ulverstone Tasmania and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
Prior to capitulation he was transferred to the 2/26 Battalion, from which he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese POW No 388, Arthur Ayton was a member of the 1st Death March, during which he died 2 miles east of Tampias from Cardiac Beri-Beri.
He is commemorated on Panel 16 of Labuan Memorial, at the Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Ulverstone Tasmania and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
The son of Herbert and Sarah Ayton, Arthur enlisted in the 2/29 Battalion A.I.F. at Burnie, Tasmania on 22 October 1940.
Prior to capitulation he was transferred to the 2/26 Battalion, from which he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese POW No 388, Arthur Ayton was a member of the 1st Death March, during which he died 2 miles east of Tampias from Cardiac Beri-Beri.
He is commemorated on Panel 16 of Labuan Memorial, at the Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Ulverstone Tasmania and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
Prior to capitulation he was transferred to the 2/26 Battalion, from which he was selected as part of "B" Force.
Japanese POW No 388, Arthur Ayton was a member of the 1st Death March, during which he died 2 miles east of Tampias from Cardiac Beri-Beri.
He is commemorated on Panel 16 of Labuan Memorial, at the Australian War Memorial; the ANZAC Memorial at Ulverstone Tasmania and the Ex-P.O.W. Memorial Wall at Ballarat.
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today."
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Australian Infantry
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