Charles PAYTON

Regimental number28367
Place of birthEngland
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Elizabeth Payton, Roebuck Road, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Specialist Signalling Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Specialist Signalling Section of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Annie Elizabeth Payton, of Broad Arrow Road, Dumbleton, Hurstville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 20