S8617
BURTON, Ernest
| Service Number: | 3045 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Telowie, South Australia, 12 April 1885 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 11 August 1957, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia PRE, Lot 2, Grave 4 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 3045, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3045, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3045, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 6 Sep 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, 3045, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3045, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Lemar
Ernest was the son of William BURTON & Mary JERRED and was born on the 12th of April 1885 in Telowie, SA.
His mother was the daughter of John JERRED & Jane NEAGLE and was born on the 19th of January 1870 in Adelaide, SA.
His mother married Henry MORRIS on the 2nd of February 1886 at the residence of her father, John Jerred in Pt Germein, SA and Ernest gained 2 half siblings.
His mother then married Frederick Herman ZANKER on the 30th of June 1896 at the residence of her father, John Jerred in Pt Germein, SA.
Frederick was a brickmaker and bricklayer and lived in Pt Pirie, so Ernest moved to Solomontown, Pt Pirie and Ernest gained 6 more half siblings.
After leaving school Ernest gained employment as a labourer and enjoyed playing football the Solomontown Football Club and at some point he fractured his right Tibia.
With the outbreak of WW1 he tried to enlist into the AIF but was first rejected because of his left eye.
At the age of 32, Ernest successfully re-enlisted into the AIF on the 11th of August 1915 in Adelaide and allotted the service number 3045 and posted to A Company, 2nd Depot Battalion in Mitcham Camp.
On the 16th of September he was posted to the 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements and embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A7 Medic on the 12th of January 1916, disembarked in Alexandria on the 16th of February.
He trained in Tel-el-Kebir and was then transferred to the 32nd Battalion, but suffered from his old fractured leg injury and recommended for return to Australia.
Ernest embarked from Seuz on board HMAT Seang Choon on the 17th of July 1916, disembarked in Melbourne on the 18th of August and then entrained to Adelaide.
He was discharged, medically unfit, from the AIF on the 6th of September 1916 and awarded a war pension of £1/10/- per fortnight.
Ernest married Lily Adela RAWSON on the 25th of December 1916 in the Manse, Partridge Street, Glenelg, SA.
Lily was the daughter of Edwin Thomas RAWSON & Annie Bertha KILMARTIN and was born on the 26th of September 1887 in Prospect, SA.
They made their home at 29 Westley Street, Pt Pirie West and in February 1917 his war pension was decreased to 15/- per fortnight.
Then on the 27th of September 1917 his pension was cancelled, but was then reinstated on the 15th of February 1918.
Four days later they welcomed their first child; Mavis Mary on the 19th of February 1918, followed by Walter Ernest on the 1st of July 1920.
Ernest then gained work as a labourer and by 1924 was back playing football for the Solomontown Football Club when they won the premiership.
Ernest and Lily were later made Life Members of this Club for their timeless work and Ernest also joined the Pt Pirie RSL.
With the outbreak of WW2 their son Walter enlisted into the 3rd Field Ambulance on the 22nd of February 1939 (S30142), but he only attended camps and was released fro duty with the South Australian Railways.
Lily died on the 22nd of October 1948 in the Pt Pirie Hospital and Ernest buried her in the Pt Pirie Cemetery; PRE, Lot 2, Grave 3.
Ernest died on the 11th of August 1957 in Northfield and was buried 2 days later in the Pt Pirie Cemetery; PRE, Lot 2, Grave 4, next to Lily.
Military
At the age of 32, Ernest enlisted into the AIF on the 11th of August 1915 in Adelaide and allotted the service number 3045 and posted to A Company, 2nd Depot Battalion in Mitcham Camp.
He listed his Step-Father, Frederick Herman Zanker, of Solomontown, Pt Pirie, as his next of kin.
On the 16th of September he was posted to the 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcements.
Ernest embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A7 Medic on the 12th of January 1916, disembarked in Alexandria on the 16th of February and entrained to the 8th Training Battalion Camp in Tel-el-Kebir.
On the 6th of April, as part of the 27th Battalion Details, Ernest marched to Duntroon Plateau, where the 32nd Battalion had pitched camp and were undergoing general training and constructing new trenches.
Two days later he was taken on strength with the 32nd Battalion and posted to C Company.
They remained here until the 15th of April when they marched to Ferry Post Staging Camp for Brigade training.
Then on the 29th of May Ernest was transferred back to the 8th Training Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir and then 2 days later he was admitted into the 3rd Australian General Hospital in Abbassia suffering from his old fracture to his right Tibia.
On the 5th of June he was discharged to the Ras-el-Tin Convalescent Depot in Alexandria.
After a further 2 weeks here he was discharged to 8th Training Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir, but on the 3rd of July he was admitted into the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital in Abbassia before being transferred back the 3rd Australian General Hospital.
It was here that Ernest was classified as medically unfit and on the 17th of July 1916 he embarked from Seuz on board HMAT Seang Choon, disembarked in Melbourne on the 18th of August and then entrained to Adelaide.
Ernest was discharged, medically unfit, from the AIF on the 6th of September 1916 and awarded the British War & Victory Medals.
He was awarded a war pension of £1/10/- per fortnight which decreased 6 months later to 15/- per fortnight.
On the 27th of September 1917 his pension was cancelled, but was then reinstated on the 15th of February 1918.