MCBURNEY, Roy
| Service Number: | 4663 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Willunga, South Australia, 24 May 1890 |
| Home Town: | Willunga, Onkaparinga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Willunga Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 October 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Willunga War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver | |
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| 10 Aug 1915: | Involvement Driver, 4663, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Persia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Aug 1915: | Embarked Driver, 4663, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , RMS Persia, Melbourne |
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Enlisted and served under alias Roy Dunstan
Biography contributed by Peter Cates
Roy Mcburney's mother, Marion died when he was only three years old, and his father Joseph remarried a year later. They lived at Thornville between Willunga and Sellicks Hill. After leaving school Roy worked as a labourer. In 1912 he married Ella Violet Murial Adams and had a daughter Margaret Marion. The marriage failed and Roy Fled to Melbourne.
When he enlisted Roy gaVe his surname as Dunstan and claimed to be single. He was killed in Action on 22 October 1917 and buried at Huts Military Cemetery.
His wife later provided a statutory declaration establishing his correct identity and marital status, and was able to claim a war pension. Ella died in 1969 never having remarried. Margaret had five children.
Excerpt from the book "A Picture of Fortitude" with approval by The Willunga Recreational Park.
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