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| Nathaniel
Dunbar Barton
(1894–1985) Biographical Commander of the British Empire 1945 (UK) 1939–1945 War Medal (UK) Australia Service Medal 1939–1945 (Australia) Pacific Star (UK) Defence Medal (UK) 1939–1945 Star (UK) Efficiency Decoration (UK) Victory Medal (UK) 1914–1915 Star (UK) British War Medal (UK) Mention in Despatches 1918 (UK) Colonel Major 1916 Captain 1915 Lieutenant 1915 Second Lieutenant in the 34th Battalion, Citizen Military Forces Barton took part in World War I, being wounded at Gallipoli in 1915. After returning to Australia, he completed studies in medicine and became a medical practitioner in 1923, working at Parkes, NSW. In 1937, he was chosen to join the Australian military contingent attending the coronation of King George VI in England. After the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Militia’s 6th Light Horse Regiment and, in 1940, received a commission in the Second Australian Imperial Force. Barton served as commanding officer of the 2/12th Field Ambulance and later of the 2/9th Australian General Hospital at Adelaide in 1944, and afterwards at Ambon Island, Netherlands East Indies. After his discharge in 1946, he returned to civilian life, establishing a medical practice at Wellington. Place of birth: Wellington, New South Wales Place of marriage: St John's Church of England, Dalinghurst Place of death: Wellington, New South Wales Place of burial: Wellington Cemetery Son of Charles Barton and Annie Smith, he married Mary Mort, †1969, in 1925. |
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