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BURTON, Lewis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3009 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Toodyay, WA, 9 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mullalyup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Swan Native and Half-Caste Mission |
| Occupation: | Nurseryman |
| Died: | Broncho-Pneumonia, Hollywood Repatriation Hospital, Nedlands, WA, 13 February 1986, aged 93 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Middle Swan - Swan Boys Orphanage Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 3009, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 3009, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Born on 9 November 1892 in Toodyay to Jessie Burton, a woman of Aboriginal descent from the Albany area who had been raised at the Annesfield Native Institution.
At the age of two-and-a-half, Lewis was admitted to the Swan Native and Half-Caste Mission where he was raised and educated.