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Eric BURGESS

Regimental number1674
Place of birthHerne Hill, Victoria
SchoolHightop State School, nr Geelong, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address124 McKillop Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7"
Weight139 lbs
Next of kinFather, Ernest Burgess, 124 McKillop Street, Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date17 May 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnisted in August 1914 but was discharged owing to illness. Re-enlisted in May 1915, sailed in July 1915, and was wounded at Gallipoli, November 1915. Fought at Pozieres, France and was promoted Corporal in the field. Transferred to 53rd Battery in October 1916. Wounded, April 1917.
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death22.3
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No. 9), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernest and Elizabeth BURGESS, 124 McKillop Street, Geelong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 11920 Gunner Joseph Bird BURGESS, 53rd Battery, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917; Cousins: 1887 Ebenezer BURGESS, 21st Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 1916; 1047 Corporal Charles Brook BURGESS, 30th Bn, killed in action, 7 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BURGESS Eric

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