| Regimental number | 384 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Kyneton, Victoria |
| School | State School, Victoria |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Ironmonger |
| Address | Euroa, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 21 |
| Height | 5' 9.75" |
| Weight | 146 lbs |
| Next of kin | A Burton |
| Previous military service | Served in the Cadets for 4 years. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Seymour, Victoria |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 7th Battalion, C Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Victoria Cross Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Supplement, No. 29455, 28 January 1916; 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 44, 6 April 1916. Recommendation date: |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | No further information provided on RoH circular. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 21 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 7), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 49 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alfred and Isabella BURTON. Native of Kyneton, Victoria |
| Medals |
Victoria Cross 'For most conspicuous bravery at Lone Pine trenches, in the Gallipoli Peninsula, on the 9th August, 1915. In the early morning the enemy made a determined counter attack on the centre of the newly captured trench held by Lieutenant Tubb, Corporals Burton and Dunstan, and a few men. They advanced up a sap and blew in a sandbag barricade, leaving only one foot of it standing; but Lieutenant Tubb, with the two corporals, repulsed the enemy and rebuilt the barricade. Supported by strong bombing parties, the enemey twice again succeeded in blowing in the barricade; but on each occasion they were repulsed, and the barricade rebuilt, although Lieutenant Tubb was wounded in the head and arm, and Corporal Burton was killed by a bomb while most gallantly building up the parapet under a hail of bombs.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 28 Date: |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Wounded in action, 25 April 1915. Reported wounded in action, 18 May 1915; rejoined Bn same day. 'For having volunteered and taken part in the forcing of Saphead D21 in the face of the enemy was appointed L/Corporal', 10 July 1915. Killed in action, Lone Pine, 8-9 August 1915. Posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. Medals: Victoria Cross, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
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