George Alfred BURTON

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BURTON, George Alfred

Service Number:	94
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Brighton, 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, 94, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 94, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 94, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography 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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