William Robert BURFORD

BURFORD, William Robert

Service Number: 1898
Enlisted: 22 May 1915, at Keswick
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Division Artillery
Born: Warooka, South Australia, 22 June 1894
Home Town: Ridleyton, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Glass Bottle Blower
Died: South Australia, Australia, 14 August 1957, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia
Memorials: Hindmarsh Brompton Methodist Church Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

22 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1898, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick
26 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1898, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1898, 27th Infantry Battalion, RMS Morea, Adelaide
26 May 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1898, 2nd Division Artillery, SW right arm

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Biography contributed by Adelaide High School

William Robert Burford was born in Warooka, South Australia. He was a brown eye, brown hair, healthy 20- and 11-month year old. He was a glass bottle blower who weighed 165lbs/74kg and was 6ft ½ in/185 cm. His religion was Presbyterian and next of kin was his mother Mrs Emily Burford who lived at Railway Terrace, Ridleyton, South Australia. Burford’s unit was the 27th Battalion.

Burford enlisted on the 22nd of May 1915 and embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Morea on 26 August 1915. After arriving in Egypt he was transferred to the 2nd Divisional Artillery and would spend the rest of the war there, mostly in trench mortar batteries. Burford was wounded soon after arriving in France in May 1916, in the right arm. After a length convalescence in England he returned to France in April 1917.

Burford’s fate was that he returned to Australia on the 8th of April 1919. He was discharged along with the remaining surviving soldiers on the 20th of May 1919. The reason for their discharge was cessation of hostilities. Burford’s total service was 4yrs 52 days and his service abroad was 3yrs and 268 days.

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