1st Field Artillery Brigade
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Roy Loton MM (SN 4875) was born in Ballarat and attended the Macarthur Street State School. He was a slaughterman, 18 years old, and single when he enlisted on June 17th 1915. He joined the 2nd Field Artillery Brigade and departed for active service in mid September on board the . Later he was transferred to 1st Field Artillery Brigade with whom he was serving when, in October 1917, his gallantry and devotion to duty earned him a Military Medal. He was wounded in action in the fighting near Lihons, and died on August 9th 1918. He was 21 years of age and is buried in the Adelaide Cemetery, near Villers-Bretonneux, France.
