Gordon Robert BURTON

BURTON, Gordon Robert

Service Numbers: SX39305, S45509
Enlisted: 27 August 1943, Field, QLD
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 26 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1924
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 27 February 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll
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World War 2 Service

27 Aug 1943: Involvement Corporal, SX39305
27 Aug 1943: Involvement Corporal, S45509
27 Aug 1943: Enlisted Field, QLD
27 Aug 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX39305, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Roy Thomas Leslie and Helen Rebecca Burton, of Allenby Gardens, South Australia.