Burton, Hector

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Med. I : Gunner, 1st and 7th Bdes., A.F.A., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Enlisting October, 1914, and sailing early in 1915, fought at Gallipoli from June till the Evacuation and, after work in the Desert, left for England in August, 1916, joining 26th Battery in France and serving with it at Armentieres, Messines, Ypres, Somme and elsewhere until the Armistice. Died of Illness, England, 11th February, 1919, and was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking. Early education at Sydney Grammar School.

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1893

Birth in Bathurst -- NSW, Australia 1893
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Early education at Sydney Grammar School, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1914

Enlisted 1 Oct 1914
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Military service as Gunner at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France
1919

Death in Wingate, England --, United Kingdom 11 February 1919

Gender

Male

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Headstone of Hector BURTON, Brookwood Military Cemetery, England [ jpg ]

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