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Robert Francis BURDEN

Regimental number4449
Place of birthBeechworth, Victoria
SchoolBeechworth State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressSpring Vale PO, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs M S Burden Spring Vale PO, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the School Cadets, Beechworth, Victoria.
Enlistment date26 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied on pneumonia, "Farveynt Hospital", England
FateDied of disease 14 February 1919
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialFovant (St. George) Churchyard (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 2), Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Maria BURDEN, Euroa, Victoria. Born at Beechworth, Victoria

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