BURFORD, William Robert
| Service Number: | 1898 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1898, 27th Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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.