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BURRINGTON, Horace Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4306 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 April 1917, Enlisted at Bunbury, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Exeter, Devon, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Damascus, Syria |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Bunbury, NSW | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 4306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 4306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 2 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 2nd Pioneer Battalion to the 32nd Battalion at Codford | |
| 16 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
| 3 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 4306, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4306 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 22 years
Son of George Linguard and Caroline Burrington; husband of Mary Pearl Burrington of Jarrah Street, Bundbury, WA. Father of Fraces Eileen Burrington and Ethel Marie Burrington
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Territorial unit the 5th Royal Hampshire Regiment