BURTON, Samuel
| Service Number: | 2123 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Tomago, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitters labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 3 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 15. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maitland Hexham Workshop Employees HR, Raymond Terrace War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2123, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2123, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2123, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Samuel 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. The Burton family had come from England to Australia in around 1910. Samuel and his brother Thomas enlisted during July 1915 and were given consecutive regimental numbers in the 20th Battalion.
Both brothers served on Gallipoli from 4 November 1915 until the evacuation.
His older brother, 2122 Sapper Thomas Bradbury Burton 5th Field Company Engineers, was killed in action at Pozieres on 26 July 1916, aged 26.
Samuel died on 3 October 1918 during and advance near Estrees in France, in one of the last actions fought by the Australian Infantry on the Western Front.
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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