BURTON  E.C.

Given Names:  Ernest Cutler

               

Service Number:  14688

Unit:  14th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd reinforcements                                                       

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  168052

 

Age:  21 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Salvation Army

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4½ In                  

Weight:  116 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  4/11/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Ernest Henry Burton

44 Urvadale Grove, East Kew, Victoria                                                                              

Embarkation Date:  4/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Port Lincoln A17

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  China    

Embarked:  10/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  8/6/1919

Unit:  10th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                   

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  23/7/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  44618

Victory Medal:  43889

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  29/1/1894

Place:  Christchurch, New Zealand           

Father:  Ernest Henry BURTON               

Mother:  Annie Jane PERDEU

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1924     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Ida Mary GREEN

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 12/3/1958                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

 

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary