Participant Info

Given Name

Benjamin

Family Name

Burton

Service Number

1710

Place of Birth

Bairnsdale VIC

Occupation

Farmer

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Father, Robert Perrett, Wangaratta P.O., Victoria

Address on Enlistment

Ascot Vale, Victoria

Unit on Embarkation

14th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

23

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A9 Shropshire, Melbourne VIC on 29 March 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

4/11/1915

Place of death or wounding

Date of Death

Fate

RTA

Place of burial/memorial

Portiance Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 181), Greece

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Link to record

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