Graeme Ernest Charles BURTON

BURTON, Graeme Ernest Charles

Service Number: 431530
Enlisted: 16 July 1943
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: Air Force Headquarters
Born: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1925
Home Town: Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Ground Accident), Seaford, Victoria, Australia, Seaford, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 January 1945, aged 19 years
Cemetery: Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria
1.S.A.16, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 431530
16 Jul 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, Air Force Headquarters
16 Jul 1943: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 431530

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Ernest Cutler Burton and Ida Mary Burton of Balwyn, Victoria

 

Flight Sergeant Burton drowned when his canoe capsized 200 yards from the beach at Seaford, Victoria - his body was recovered at Carrum