Archibald Trenery BURTON

BURTON, Archibald Trenery

Service Number: 149
Enlisted: 3 September 1914, Melbourne
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 12th Field Company Engineers
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 1884
Home Town: Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: State School, Caulfield, Victoria. Australia
Occupation: Carpenter & Joiner
Died: Died of Wounds, Belgium, 19 October 1917
Cemetery: Nine Elms British Cemetery
Plot IV, Row E, Grave 2
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

3 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 149, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Melbourne
21 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 149, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 149, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
19 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 149, 12th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 149 awm_unit: 12th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-19

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Archibald Trenery BURTON was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1884

His parents were William Arthur Trenery BURTON & Eliza Counsell STEPHENS who married on 1st January, 1874 in Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

He died of wounds in Ypres, Belgium on 19th October, 1917

"Until the day dawns & the shadows flee away"

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Four of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Captain Arthur Roland BURTON

2. Harold Jefferson BURTON (SN 387) returned to Australia in 1918

3. Gordon BURTON (SN 123) returned to Australia in 1918

4. Lewes BURTON (SN 14689)

 

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