BURT, Edward Stanley
| Service Number: | 2119 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 March 1915, 6th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant Major |
| Last Unit: | Instructional Staff (AIF) |
| Born: | Dargo, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Johnsonville, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died post-discharge of tuberculosis, 3 July 1919, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bumberrah Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Cann River Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2119, 5th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2119, 5th Infantry Battalion, 6th Reinforcements :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant Major, 2119, Instructional Staff (AIF), Returned to Australia medically unfit for active service. Assigned to Instructional Corps. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Son of Edward Burt and Alice Maud Burt nee Latham of Johnsonville, near Tambo, Victoria later of Geelong, West, Victoria. Edward Stanley Burt enlisted in the AIF on 29 March 1915 and he was allocated to the 5th Infantry Battalion. He suffered a series of hospital admissions and was later returned to Australia and appointed to Instructional Staff. He was finally discharged from active service medically unfit. His brothers also fell.
Lance Corporal FREDERICK ELIJAH BURT
Service Number 2040
Died 29/09/1918
37th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
[VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL]
Private WILLIAM GEORGE BURT
Service Number 210
Died Between 25/04/1915 and 02/05/1915
7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
[LONE PINE MEMORIAL]
Edward was accepted, after research, for commemoration as Great War dead on 10/08/2017-he was 30.
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