Sydney Aitkins Dalton (1878 - 1951)

Born 8 Dec 1878 in Berwick, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 1 May 1951 at age 72 in 90 Collins Street, Mentone, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Sydney Aitkins Dalton was born on 8 December 1878 in Berwick, Victoria, Australia, son of Catherine Lamont (Craik) Dalton and William Aitkins Dalton.^[1]

He was a Blacksmith at Berwick when he joined the 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen/Australian Imperial Regiment (A.I.R.) (regimental number 53). He sailed from Port Melbourne on the "Victorian" on 1 May 1900 for South Africa.^[2][3]

Sydney died on 1 May 1951 at 90 Collins Street in Mentone, Victoria, aged 72 years.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record: 714 / 1879. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Sydney Atkins DALTON); (Place: BERW); (Mother: Catherine Lamont CRAIK); (Father: William Atkins)
2. ↑ https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1449753
3. ↑ "Origin and history of the regiment." 2 May 1900. The Argus (Melbourne), page 5. Retrieved from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9539784.
4. ↑ Death record: 4772 / 1951. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Sydney Atkins DALTON); (Place of birth: BERWICK); (Place of death: MENTONE); (Age at death: 71); (Mother: Catherine Lamont CRAIK); (Father: DALTON William Atkins)