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Horace David BURTON

Regimental number3115
Place of birthBorrosa Goldfields, South Australia
SchoolBarossa Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBoundary rider
AddressWilliamstown, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emmie L Burton, Williamstown, South Australia
Enlistment date26 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHooge Cater Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row K, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Lucretia BURTON, Yatta Road, Williamstown, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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