Regimental number | 23 |
Place of birth | England |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Saw mill hand |
Address | Tomago, Hunter River, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Samuel Burton, Tomago, Hunter River, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 35th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/52/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 23A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Wounded and gassed. |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 2123 Pte Samuel BURTON, 20th Bn, killed in action, Estree, France, 3 October 1918; 2122 Sapper Thomas Bradbury BURTON, 5th Field Company Engineers, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 26 July 1916. |