Virtual War Memorial | Johnston BURLEY DCM and Bar, MID

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BURLEY, Johnston

Service Numbers:	4, 843
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Railway Unit (AIF)
Born:	Aghavea, Lisnaskea, Co Monaghan, Ireland, 1870
Home Town:	Bayswater, Bayswater, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive driver
Died:	Western Australia, 21 June 1955, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 4, 1 Mounted Infantry Contingent

World War 1 Service

29 Jan 1917:	Embarked 843, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
29 Jan 1917:	Involvement 843, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

The only Australian Boer War DCM winner to have won a Bar in the AIF.