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Lance Sergeant CLAUDE FITZGERALD BURTON

Service Number: 1916
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

"D" Coy. 1st Regt.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Pier and Face 4 C.

France

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of the late Capt. George W. Burton, of Madras, Southern India, and of Naomi Elizabeth Burton (now Mrs. O'Connor), of "Calpe", Blackrock, Dublin. Educated at Sea Point School, Cape Town. On staff of National Bank of South Africa, Ltd. Also served in German South West Africa with Cape Peninsula Rifles and in Egypt.
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