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BURTON, Kenneth George
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX5030 |
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Enlisted: | 3 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cressy, Tasmania, Australia , 13 June 1918 |
Home Town: | Winkleigh, West Tamar, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchard Labourer |
Died: | Army Trucks collision, Between Cairns and Trinity Beach area, Queensland, Australia, 9 November 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Cairns War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot A. Row B. Grave 10. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Longford War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, TX5030, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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3 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX5030, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter Ernest and Sintan Mary Burton, of Longford, Tasmania.