Military History

Embarked Fremantle per ‘Miltiades’ for UK. 29.1.1917.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 198th Reinforcement 28th Battalion.
Burton disembarked at Devonport, UK with the 19th Reinforcement 28th Battalion 27.3.1917. He marched in to the 7th Training Battalion at Rollestone 28.3.1917. Burton proceeded overseas to France with his unit 25.9.1917. He marched in to France with 19th Reinforcement 28th Battalion and joined the 28th Battalion 3.10.191. He was taken on strength and fought at the battle of Poelcapelle. Burton was hospitalized sick 7.4.1918. He was wounded in action at Morlancourt 10.6.1918 and was invalided to England with a gunshot wound to his right ankle 14.6.1918. Burton was admitted to the Princess Christian Hospital, Enfield, Surrey 14.6.1918. He was transferred to the 1st Auxiliary Hospital at Harefield 29.6.1918 and listed for early return to Australia as an invalid.
Embarked for Australia from England per ‘Arawa’ 15.9.1918 for ‘a change’.
Returned/Disembarked Fremantle 10.11.1918.
Discharged 1.12.1918.
Final Rank Private with 28th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.
Medical Condition Invalided, gunshot wound to leg.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Army Rifle Association Medal for skill in a competition when serving with Australian Imperial Force.
Notes The enlistment date has been corrected in several documents from 2.12.1916 to 3.1.1917. Burton returned from France and briefly worked as Staff at Guildford Grammar School, before proceeding to his studies as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University England.

Photo Burton Keith. Photograph source from Western Mail 9.10.1919 p25
           HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P08559.001
           Poelcapelle. Photograph sourced from the Library and Archives of Canada LAC PA-002165
           9.2 inch Howitzter used by the Artillery to support the Australian Troops at Morlancourt June 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM E04836

Information Source
AWM P08559.001. HMAT 'Miltiades'. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced fromthe Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E048369. 2 inch Howitzter used by the Artillery to support the Australian Troops at Morlancourt June 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll- Keith Alfred Burton
Guildford Grammar School Archives
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
LAC PA-002165. Poelcapelle 1917. Photographer William Rider-Rider, photograph sourced from Library and Archives of Canada
NAA: B2455, Burton K A 6547
Western Mail

The Rectory, Middle Swan Orphanage, Middle Swan, WA.


 

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