Private 6/2237 Lewis ORTON

Private 6/2237 Lewis Orton{gallery}Pte L Orton{/gallery}Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Died of wounds in the Gallipoli Campaign, Turkey, 9th August 1915 aged 28

• Buried: Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Grave Sp. Mem. C. 70
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Orton of Coton Lawn, Arbury, Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI Other Regiments

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Orton
• Embarkation Pier Cemetery
• Canterbury Regiment, NZEF
• New Zealand Online Cenotaph
• New Zealand War Graves Project

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Apr Qtr 1887 and baptised 5 Jun 1887 at Merevale
• Lived as a servant at Grendon Lodge, Grendon [1901]
• Lived at Millerton, Buller, New Zealand [1911 & 1914]
  
• Employed as a coal miner by Westport Coal Company, Millerton, New Zealand [1911 & 1914]
• Enlisted 22 Feb 1915 at Trentham, NZ.
• Click here for Private Orton’s NZ Service Records