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Joseph Martin BURR

Regimental number575
Place of birthTownsville Queensland
SchoolFlinders State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMethodist home missionary
AddressKardina Cheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMrs Louisa Burr, Kardina Cheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was stationed at Cann River in the Methodist Home Mission when he enlisted at Orbost and went into camp, 2 January 1915. He was on the "Southland" when it was torpedoed. Saw service at Gallipoli, and in Egypt, France and Belgium.
FateKilled in Action 17 March 1918
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Messines, Belgium
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 5), (Rosenberg Pleateau Plots), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Louisa BURR, 106 Gheringhap Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Born at Townsville, Queensland

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