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Alan Cecil BURBURY

Regimental number380
Place of birthOatlands, Tasmania
SchoolQueen's College, Hobart, and Scotch College, Launceston, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressCharlton, Ross, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8.5"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinFather, A.H. Burbury, Charlton, Ross, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed as a volunteer for 2.5 years in the Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPontville, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 30 April 1919
Place of death or woundingEgypt
Age at death25
Place of burialGreenwich Cemetery (3 C. Z. 60), London, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Henry and Fanny Rowell BUNBURY, New Town, Hobart, Tasmania
Other detailsDied of wounds (gun shot wound: spinal cord severed, 8th dorsal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BURBURY Alan Cecil

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