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BURBURY, Alan Cecil
Personal Details
Service Number: | 380 |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, 2.5 years Light Horse |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia , 13 March 1894 |
Home Town: | Ross, Northern Midlands, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Septic Poisoning of the Spine (after wounds received in action), Illness, Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom, 30 April 1919, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Greenwich Cemetery, London, England 3 C. Z. 60, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Ross St. John's Anglican Church HR, Ross War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 2.5 years Light Horse | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart | |
4 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Anzac Police | |
9 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
9 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Rafa, GSW to chest/back and spine - severe - DoW in private Nursing home, London |
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