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BURRETT, Athol Frederick

Service Number:	568
Enlisted:	21 August 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1884
Home Town:	Double Bay, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia, 29 January 1965, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Privately Cremated Ashes were interned within his mother’s grave at Macquarie Park Cemetery Anglican Lot 46, Section K 14.
Memorials:	Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW1 Honour Roll, Grenfell Great War Memorial, Lithgow Lone Pine Connection, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 568, 3rd Infantry Battalion
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 568, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 568, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
7 Nov 1918:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 173
3 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Infantry Battalion

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