Albert Edward BURLEY

BURLEY, Albert Edward

Service Number: 903
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1880
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Urquhart St State School
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Reported missing near Kaferstadt; reported dead by Court of Inquiry 02/12/1902', Kaferstadt, South Africa, 2 December 1902
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Melbourne - 5th Contingent Victorian Mounted Rifles
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 903
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Lance Corporal, 903, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
15 Feb 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 903, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
2 Dec 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 903, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, MIA since 12 June 1901. His death near Kaferstadt is later presumed by a Court of Enquiry.

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Albert Edward BURLEY was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1880

His parents were Joseph Walter BURLEY & Isabel GIBSON