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BURGESS, Theodore Frederick
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 168, 58, N391231 |
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Enlisted: | 22 April 1902 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1881 |
Home Town: | Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Tramway Employee |
Died: | Natural causes, Double Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 13 May 1954, aged 72 years |
Cemetery: |
Randwick General Cemetery, New South Wales |
Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 168, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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22 Apr 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 168, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
22 May 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 168, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, SS Columbian, Sydney for South Africa - disembarking Durban 18 June 1902. | |
1 Jun 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 168, 5th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, SS Manchester Merchant, Durban for return to Australia - disembarking Sydney 1 August 1902 |
World War 1 Service
24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 58, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Sydney | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 58, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 58, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
29 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 58, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right hand | |
1 Jan 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Light Horse Regiment | |
5 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Artillery Details | |
7 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58, Artillery Details , Medically unfit |
World War 2 Service
9 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N391231, 8th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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1 May 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N391231, 8th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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