BURTON, William Isard
| Service Number: | 23 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 November 1915, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 31 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Tomago, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Saw mill hand |
| Died: | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 3 January 1976, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
East Kempsey Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 23, 35th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 23, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 23, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 27 Apr 1919: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Will Burton was one of the three sons of Samuel Ebenezer and Sarah Elizabeth Burton, of Tomago, New South Wales who enlisted in the AIF during 1915. The Burton family had come from England to Australia in around 1910.
Will’s two brothers who had enlisted together, were both killed in action. 2122 Sapper Thomas Bradbury Burton, 5th Field Company Engineers, at Pozieres 26 July 1916, and 2123 Pte Samuel Burton 20th Battalion at Estrees on 3 October 1918.
William Burton was an original member of the 35th Battalion and transferred to the 9th Machine Gun Company in the field during early 1917. He was sent to hospital with shell shock just after the Battle of Messines in June 1917. He arrived back in Australia during June 1919.
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