BURTON, Thomas Bradbury
| Service Number: | 2122 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | London, England, March 1890 |
| Home Town: | Tomago, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in action, Pozieres, France, 26 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maitland Hexham Workshop Employees HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2122, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2122, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2122, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 10 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 5th Field Company Engineers | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 2122, 5th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2122 awm_unit: 5th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-07-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas Burton was one of the three sons of Samuel Ebenezer and Sarah Elizabeth Burton, of Tomago, New South Wales who enlisted in the AIF during 1915. Thomas and his brother Samuel enlisted during July 1915 and were given consecutive regimental numbers in the 20th Battalion.
Thomas served on Gallipoli briefly from November 1915 until the evacuation and transferred to the 5th Field Company Engineers in France during June 1916. He was killed in action when working on a strong point at Pozieres.
His younger brother 2123 Pte Samuel Burton 20th Battalion AIF was later killed in action at Estree, France, 3 October 1918, aged 20.
A third brother, 23 Pte. William Isard Burton 35th Battalion was wounded and gassed during the war and returned to Australia in 1919.
In a communication to the AIF during 1921, the father wrote, ….”the loss of these two sons is the cause of much sorrow to us and has seriously affected us financially, they were two dear, good sons, always contributing to the home expenses, and also ready to give practical help on the farm (I am a share dairy farmer), through the loss of their help I was compelled to give a farm at Tomago….”
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