Richard Harvey BURTON

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Service Number:	959
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Lithgow Street State School, Abbotsford, Victoria
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915
Cemetery:	Courtney’s and Steel's Post Cemetery Special Memorial, Grave 21 Headstone inscription reads: In memory of the dearly loved son of Mr. & Mrs. Burton of Richmond, Courtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 959, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 959, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 959, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Registered birth name Richard Harvey Burton record number 16224

Son of Alfred Burton and Eleanor Burton nee Burns of 94 Elizabeth Street, Richmond, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victroy Medal

Served and apprenticeship with W.E. Kinnear of Melbourne

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