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Joseph Bird BURGESS

Regimental number11920
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria
SchoolFyansford and Highton State Schools, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMantlepiece maker
Address124 McKillop Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 4.25"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinFather, Ernest Henry Burgess, 124 McKillop Street, Geelong, Victoria
Enlistment date17 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/89/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot IC, Row C, Grave No. 8), 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: 1674 Gunner Eric 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: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BURGESS Joseph Bird

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