Norman George (Norm) BURTON

BURTON, Norman George

Service Number: 1157
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 8 January 1889
Home Town: Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Station overseer
Died: Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 3 October 1957, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales
Unmarked grave, Catholic monumental, H9, Grave 0066
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World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 1157, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 1157, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carly Sheil

Norman George Manly Joseph "Norm" Burton was born on 8 January 1889 to Solomon Burton and Mary Madeline Genevieve (Martin) Burton in Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

He joined the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment and served at Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine before being wounded at the Battle of Beersheba and finally discharged in March 1919.

On an Anzac Day visit to Sydney in 1920 he met a former sweetheart from pre-war days in Bourke and just six weeks later he and Lillian Annie Johnson were married at Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood on 1 June 1920.

Norm passed away on 3 October 1957 in Chatswood.

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