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Samuel BURTON

Regimental number2123
Place of birthEngland
SchoolPublic School, England
Age on arrival in Australia11
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFitters labourer
AddressTamogo via Hexham, Hunter River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs S E Burton, Tamogo via Hexham, Hunter River, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 October 1918
Place of death or woundingEstree, France
Age at death20.6
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialProspect Hill Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 15), Gouy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
90
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Sarah Elizabeth BURTON, Branxton, New South Wales. Native of England
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2122 Sapper Thomas Bradbury BURTON, 5th Field Company Engineers, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 26 July 1916; 23A Machine Gunner William Isard BURTON, 35th Bn, wounded and gassed, returned to Australia.

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