Harold Edgar BURTON

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Service Number:	379
Enlisted:	9 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastry Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 2 November 1916
Cemetery:	Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers Plot 111, Row L, Grave 19, Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 379, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 379, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 379, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
2 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 379, 29th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17

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Foster son of Martha Houson of 364 Barkly Street, East Brunswick, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

His trade prior to enlisted was a Pastycook