Edwin Erle BURTON

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BURTON, Edwin Erle

Service Number:	405345
Enlisted:	3 March 1941
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 26 April 1918
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia, Italy, 3 June 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Malta Memorial, Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 405345
3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 405345

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant Edwin Erle Burton 405345 was killed when Marauder AFK112 of 14 Squadron RAF crashed at sea near Sardinia - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Malta Memorial

Crew killed: Rawlins, Henry Eric (Sergeant) 776183 RAF / Lumsden, William Lister (Sergeant) 1347766 RAF / Austin, Leonard John (Flight Sergeant) 929361 RAF / Nuttal, James Holden (Flight Sergeant) 1129545 RAF / Liddle, John (Flight Sergeant) 943546 RAF

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