William Livingstone Hatchwell BURGESS KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, MID

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BURGESS, William Livingstone Hatchwell

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	31 August 1914, Hobart, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Manchester , Longsight , England, 18 February 1880
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Wellington, New Zealand, 3 April 1964, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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31 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Hobart, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Geelong, Hobart
12 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
25 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Colonel
10 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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"In late 1913 Burgess was sent to Tasmania on exchange with the Australian Military Forces, and when the First World War broke out in August 1914 he joined the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) rather than returning to New Zealand to volunteer for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He embarked for the Middle East with the 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade on 20 October 1914 aboard the Geelong." - Read more about William Burgess (en.wikipedia.org)

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