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BURTON, Gordon Robert
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | SX39305, S45509 |
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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 A4 D 22 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Clair Woodville High School Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
27 Aug 1943: | Involvement Corporal, SX39305 | |
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27 Aug 1943: | Involvement Corporal, S45509 | |
27 Aug 1943: | Enlisted Field, QLD | |
27 Aug 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX39305, 26 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Roy Thomas Leslie and Helen Rebecca Burton, of Allenby Gardens, South Australia.