Henry James BURTON

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BURTON, Henry James

Service Number:	1113
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom, 1897
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 30 November 1915
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Grave Reference:J. 7. INSCRIPTION ONLY A BOY BUT DIED AS A MAN FOR LIBERTY & FREEDOM HIS MUM & DAD , Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1113, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1113, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Mar 1897 Burton Henry James Marylebone 1a 600

He was 18 and the son of Charles James and Laura Amy Burton, of 115, Osbaldeston Rd., Stoke Newington, London, England. They chose the following inscription for his war grave:

ONLY A BOY BUT DIED AS A MAN FOR LIBERTY & FREEDOM HIS MUM & DAD

He is remembered on the family grave at Chingford Mount Cemetery, London E.4.

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