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BURTON, Oliver Horace
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX178608 |
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Enlisted: | 30 May 1944 |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Bringa, New South Wales, 12 January 1900 |
Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Welder |
Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 4 August 1945, aged 45 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot J, Row C, Grave 10 Roll of Honour Cowra, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, NX178608 | |
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30 May 1944: | Enlisted Cowra, New South Wales | |
30 May 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, NX178608 |
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Other service number N271095
2 Det. Lae PW Compund
Rank - Sergeant
Son of Charles William and Mary Ellen Burton; husband of Rachel Sarah Burton, of Cowra, New South Wales