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James Leonard BURTON

Regimental number4373
Place of birthGreenmount Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressGreenmount, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Matilda Harriett Burton, 128 Sutherland Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Enlistment date26 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Star of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 October 1916
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), (Plot VI, Row O, Grave No. 9), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Matilda BURTON, North Street, Toowoomba, Queensland. Native of Townsville, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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