Norman George Manly Joseph "Norm" Burton was born on 8 January 1889 to Solomon Burton and Mary Madeline Genevieve (Martin) Burton in Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He joined the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment and served at Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine before being wounded at the Battle of Beersheba and finally discharged in March 1919. There is also a monument page listing for him.
On an Anzac Day visit to Sydney in 1920 he met a former sweetheart from pre-war days in Bourke and just six weeks later he and Lillian Johnson were married at Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood on 1 June 1920.
Norm died on 3 October 1957 in Chatswood.
Sources:
- NSW Birth Registration 1883/1590
- Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920; National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
- NSW Marriage Registration 1920/8655
- New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958.
Norman George Manly Joseph "Norm" Burton was born on 8 January 1889 to Solomon Burton and Mary Madeline Genevieve (Martin) Burton in Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
He joined the 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment and served at Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine before being wounded at the Battle of Beersheba and finally discharged in March 1919. There is also a monument page listing for him.
On an Anzac Day visit to Sydney in 1920 he met a former sweetheart from pre-war days in Bourke and just six weeks later he and Lillian Johnson were married at Our Lady of Dolours, Chatswood on 1 June 1920.
Norm died on 3 October 1957 in Chatswood.
Sources:
- NSW Birth Registration 1883/1590
- Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920; National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
- NSW Marriage Registration 1920/8655
- New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958.
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Unmarked grave, buried with wife Lillian
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