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BURGESS, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | S212730 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 December 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Shepton Mallet, England, United Kingdom, 11 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Shepton Mallett |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Heart Attack, Adelaide, South Australia, 6 November 1953, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 4 Dec 1939: | Involvement Private, S212730 | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 4 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S212730 | |
| 24 Nov 1942: | Discharged |
Personal Stories
The Somerset Soldier
Harry Burgess was born in Shepton Mallet in Somerset in 1888, and as a young man became a Regular in the Somerset Light Infantry, and so part of The British Expeditionary Force (one of "The Old Contemptibles") into France in Sept 1914. He was an early casualty of the war and spent four years in German POW camps before being repatriated.
He and his young family emigrated to Adelaide South Australia in 1928, and with the outbreak of WWII he was an early volunteer (aged 51 !) for the AIF, and was put into guard duty service at Loveday POW camp in the Riverland.
Submitted 4 September 2016 by Jan Edmonds
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