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Christopher Collins BURGIN

Regimental number6058
Place of birthBalderton, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionMethodist
OccupationConductor
Address9 Grove Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs Emma Lloyd Burgin, 9 Grove Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Royal Marines Light Infantry in the Royal Navy for 12.6 years; took discharge in 1913.
Enlistment date29 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWounded at Riencourt, France; died in Devonport Hospital, England.
FateDied of disease 3 July 1917
Place of death or woundingRiencourt, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialBalderton (St. Giles) Churchyard (Row P, Grave No. 23), Nottinghamshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
90
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christopher and Mary BURGIN; husband of Emma BURGIN, "Balderton", Edwin Street, Tempe, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3 served at the front in the British Army; one served as foreman in a munitions factory. All enlisted at Balderton, Nottinghamshire, England.

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