BURTON, George Alfred
| Service Number: | 836 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bush Hand, Painter |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 836, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 18 Feb 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 836, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Sydney 18 Feb 1902 aboard Custodian arriving Durban 19 Mar 1902. | |
| 19 Aug 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 836, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 522 notes 1st BACH embarked at Durban 11 Jul 1902 aboard Drayton Grange returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 13 Aug 1902, disbanded 19 Aug 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
George Alfred Burton was born in 1869 at Brighton in Melbourne, Victoria, a son to George Montague Burton and Eliza Burton (nee Daley).
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War. First service was as a Private S.N. 94 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Private S.N. 836 in the 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Its unclear at the end of his second service whether he was discharged in, or returned to, South Africa to take up employment. In 1907 he had been working as a painter with the Central South African Railways when he applied, and was approved, for repatriation to Australia. At the time of his repatriation he noted he was single.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 481 & 523; National Archives Australia Boer War Dossier (2nd Service) and Repatriation File).
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