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 |
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