Horace Francis BURRINGTON

BURRINGTON, Horace Francis

Service Number: 4306
Enlisted: 29 April 1917, Enlisted at Bunbury, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Exeter, Devon, England, 1889
Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Damascus, Syria
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunbury War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Bunbury, NSW
30 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 4306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 4306, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne
2 Jan 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 2nd Pioneer Battalion to the 32nd Battalion at Codford
16 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, In the field
3 May 1918: Involvement Private, 4306, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4306 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-03

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Arrived in Australia aged 22 years

Son of George Linguard and Caroline Burrington; husband of Mary Pearl Burrington of Jarrah Street, Bundbury, WA. Father of Fraces Eileen Burrington and Ethel Marie Burrington

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Territorial unit the 5th Royal Hampshire Regiment