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BURTON, Thomas Alfred

Service Number:	2893
Enlisted:	4 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brompton, South Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Brompton, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Prospect, South Australia, 2 October 1962
Cemetery:	Dudley Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Brompton Park Methodist Church & Sunday School Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2893, Adelaide, South Australia
4 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Signaller
4 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2893, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Was part of the 32 Battalion 5th Division that along with other Australian and "Allied" Division breached the Hindenberg line end of September 1918. The breaching of the Hindenberg line was a hammer blow to the Kaiser's War effort. Dae wrote in his diary, "Exciting times, taking of the Hindenberg."
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
1 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2893, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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