School | University High School, Melbourne, Victoria |
Other training | Carlton College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Address | Tynong, Bay Road,Sandringham, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Next of kin | Captain F C Burton, Tynong, Bay Road, Sandringham, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Unspecified D.O.I.(Died of injuries ?) 14 December 1918. Recommendation date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Son of Captain FC Burton who commanded the Glasgow Shipping Company's ship "Loch Katrine" which traded between England and Australia in 1869. Captain CC Burton was Secretary for 2 years of the Melbourne Horticultural Society. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | London, England |
Age at death | 35 |
Place of burial | Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery (Row K, Grave No. 88), Wiltshire |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis and Mary BURTON, "Tynowg", Bay Road, Sandingham, Victoria |