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BURTON, Owen Charles Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 216 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 216 | |
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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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