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Corporal JOHN ANDREW BURTON

Service Number: 2132
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

59th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 April 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

N. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Emma Burton, of 28, Pickett St., Footscray, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription BEHIND ALL SHADOWS STANDETH GOD THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 613
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