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BURLEY, Robert Allen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 230 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1915, An original of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawker, South Australia, Australia, 16 February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Scotch College, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Narrogin War Memorial, Nedlands Scotch College WW1 Honour Roll, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 230, 28th Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 230, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 230, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Robert Burley died during the doomed 28th Battalion attack on Pozieres and the Windmill on 29 July 1916. The only known witness to his death stated: "At Pozieres, after the advance had started, we were lying down in front of the barbed wire when they saw us. He was blown up by a shell, most of the platoon got it...I have written and told his young lady and Mother." His brother had been killed in action only four days before on 25 July at Pozieres, 774 Pte. Frank Armstrong Burley 12th Battalion AIF.