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Elton BURGESS

Regimental number6536
Place of birthFlowerdale, Victoria
SchoolFlewerdale State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressForest, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Mr H Burgess, Montumana, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 20 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Tidworth Military Hospital, England.
FateDied of disease 8 February 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 280), North Tidworth, Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth BURGESS, Montumana, Tasmania

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