BURTON, Archibald Trenery
Service Number: | 149 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
3 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 149, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Melbourne | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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)