BURTON, Charles Arthur
| Service Number: | QX3244 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1940, Maryborough, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1 Corps Troops Supply Column |
| Born: | Finch Hatton, Queensland, Australia, 24 April 1918 |
| Home Town: | Goomeri, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Crushed by car whilst doing repairs, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia, 4 July 1961, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 41, Section 42 |
| Memorials: | Bloomsbury Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 25 May 1940: | Involvement Private, QX3244 | |
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| 25 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX3244, 1 Corps Troops Supply Column, Maryborough, Qld. | |
| 11 May 1943: | Discharged | |
| 11 May 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX3244 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles BURTON and Beatrice BURTON nee GILLIAM
Husband of Nellie Maydoss BURTON nee SYLVESTER
BRISBANE, Tuesday.
—A 13-year-old boy found his father lying crushed beneath his car in their garage at the Brisbane suburb of Mount Gravatt today. The boy jacked up the car and ran for help, but his father was dead when a doctor arrived. The dead man was Charles Arthur Burton, 43. He was found soon after midday by his son, Barry, who had arrived home from school for lunch.
Slipped Off
Barry went into the garage where his father had earlier jacked up the front of his car after removing the wheels to change a coil spring, and found his father lying pinned beneath the car. Police said the car had apparently slipped off the jack and pinned Burton.
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