BURFORD, Horace Millen
| Service Number: | 1420 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Light Horse Reinforcements |
| Born: | Normanville, South Australia, 15 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Normanville, Yankalilla, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | South Australia, 21 March 1984, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens, Path 22B, Grave 40C Interred on 22 March 1984, internment number 35986 which expires on 22 March 2034 |
| Memorials: | Yankalilla District Roll of Honour WW1, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1420, Light Horse Reinforcements, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1420, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1420, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1420, Light Horse Reinforcements, Discharged at 4th Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of George Burford and Hannah (nee Pells) Burford of Normanville, SA; brother of Hilda Hannah Burford, George William Ernest Burford, Amy Hester Burford, Levi Glen Burford and Thelma Jean Burford
26 April 1916 - to hospital with Rheumatic Fever
2 September 1916 - return to Australia on board HT Ascanius for discharge, results of Rheumatic Fever and complications
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in cadets
On 7 December 1927 Horace married Mary McDallon Sutton in the residence of the District Registrar, Norwood, SA
Residential address at the time of death was Woodville, SA
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