Horace Millen (Joe) BURFORD

BURFORD, Horace Millen

Service Number: 1420
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
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Biography 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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