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Ebenezer BURGESS

Regimental number1887
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDraper
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 5.5"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss E B Burgess, 37 King Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 June 1915
Place of enlistmentStratford, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 14 June 1914 - 21st Bn, 3rd Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 21st Bn, 25 October 1915.
FateKilled in Action 31 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death26
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row G, Grave No. 47), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Family/military connectionsCousins: 1674 Gunner Eric BURGESS, 53rd Battery, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917; 11920 Gunner Joseph Bird BURGESS, 53rd Battery, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 4 October 1917; 1047 Corporal Charles Brook BURGESS, 30th Bn, killed in action, 7 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

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

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