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BURTON, Owen Charles Henry

Service Number:	216
Enlisted:	5 March 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, June 1891
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 28 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

5 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 216
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 216, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 216, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle
2 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Corporal, 216, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 216 awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-28

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