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Albert Edward Burson

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 97 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 97 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Burson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 19/31 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    28 November 1873 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 October 2023 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 October 2023 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Albert & Emma BURSON Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 October 2023 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 326 Tuam Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Emma Burson (mother), Madras Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Ethel Annie Burson (sister), Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19/31 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Albert Burson was the son of Albert and Emma Burson, of 405, Colombo St., Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 December 1917 AWMM
    Age 41 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Buttes New British Cemetery (N.Z.) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 October 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/albert-edward-burson
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  • Obituary
    BURSON.—December 3, killed in action in France, Albert Edward (Bert) Burson, Twenty-ninth Reiforcements, and seventh son of Emma Burton, 50 Hastings Street, Sydenham, and the late Aibert Burson, aged forty-one years. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 29 October 2023 - LYTTELTON TIMES, VOLUME CXVII, ISSUE 17666, 19 DECEMBER 1917, PAGE 1
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
29 October 2023Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
21 July 2016AllanRotoruaResearcher

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