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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		BURTON
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		George Alfred
Regimental Number		836
Rank		Private
Unit Name		1st Australian Commonwealth Horse (Qld)
State		Qld
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Murray: 'D'Coy. B5207: bush hand aged 32 next of kin in S. Yarra Vic., 4QIB. URL1: 4QIB, repatriated to Aust. from S. Africa in 1907. URL2: bush hand aged 32 born in Brighton Vic., next of kin father in S. Yarra, 4th Qld. Contingent. URL3: photo #58. URL4: photo of Pte. 836 GA BURTON, c/- father, Commercial Road S. Yarra Vic.
Source References		Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 523 B5207: National Archives of Australia series B5207 A6586: National Archives of Australia series A6586 B4418: National Archives of Australia series B4418 Town&Country: Aust. Town and Country journal date(s) 15.2.1902 Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 1.2.1902
External Link URL1		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=420531&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL2		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=678920&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL3		trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/6005056
External Link URL4		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21620170

Please email me if you can contribute any other relevant information about this person (eg any other military service, where in Australia they came from or when/where they died). Also, if you find an external link broken.


Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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