BURGESS, Edmund Benjamin
| Service Number: | 6537 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 June 1916, 49th Bn, Citizen Forces |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 25 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Primary School War Memorial, Ulverstone Primary School War Memorial, Ulverstone Shrine of Remembrance, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6537, 12th Infantry Battalion, 49th Bn, Citizen Forces | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6537, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6537, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From the late and great Sue Guinan, Tasmania
Pte Edmund Benjamin BURGESS
Born 25th December 1894 Ulverstone Tasmania to Edmund and Francis Rebecca Burgess (nee Pyke) a packer who departed Melbourne 20th October 1916 on board “HMAT Port Lincoln” with the 12th Infantry Battalion.
He was killed by a shell in a charge at Bullecourt 5th May 1917 and was buried where he fell. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
Advice by cable has been received by Mr Tasman Burgess of Ulverstone to the effect that his brother, E B Burgess has been killed in action. The deceased, who was familiarly known as “Ben” was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Burgess now of Prahan Victoria and was most esteemed by all who knew him. With his brother Tasman he enlisted at Ulverstone on June 16th 1916 but the latter sustaining an injury to his knee after being at Claremont Camp for some time was declared medically unfit for military duty. Ben proceeded to England with the 21st Reinforcements for the 12th Battalion and a couple of weeks ago a letter was received from him to the effect that he would be shortly leaving for France where it soon was hit lot to make the supreme sacrifice.
The Weekly Courier 7th June 1917
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