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William Elias BURGE

Regimental number3107
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolBurnley State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSouth Richmond, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, William C. Burge, 12 Melrose Street, South Richmond, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date1 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll60th Battalion
FateDied of disease 12 March 1917
Place of death or woundingCapetown, South Africa
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialWoltemade Cemetery (Cem. 4, Block 1, 115C), Cape Town, South Africa
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
169
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Charles and mary BURGE, 10 Melrose Street, Richmond. Born at Ballarat

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