Regimental number | 575 |
Place of birth | Townsville Queensland |
School | Flinders State School, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Methodist home missionary |
Address | Kardina Cheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mrs Louisa Burr, Kardina Cheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He was stationed at Cann River in the Methodist Home Mission when he enlisted at Orbost and went into camp, 2 January 1915. He was on the "Southland" when it was torpedoed. Saw service at Gallipoli, and in Egypt, France and Belgium. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ploegsteert, Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Berks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 5), (Rosenberg Pleateau Plots), Ploegsteert, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 93 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward and Louisa BURR, 106 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Born at Townsville, Queensland |