Alan Cecil BURBURY

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Service Number:	380
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, 2.5 years Light Horse
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia , 13 March 1894
Home Town:	Ross, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Septic Poisoning of the Spine (after wounds received in action), Illness, Blackheath, London, England, United Kingdom, 30 April 1919, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Greenwich Cemetery, London, England 3 C. Z. 60,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Municipality of Ross Roll of Honour, Ross St. John's Anglican Church HR, Ross War Memorial

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 2.5 years Light Horse
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
4 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Anzac Police
9 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
9 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 380, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Rafa, GSW to chest/back and spine - severe - DoW in private Nursing home, London

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