Corporal Alexander Burton VC Collection

Historical information

Corporal Alexander stewart Burton V. C. No 384
Born Kyneton 20 Jan1893
Enlisted 18 Aug 1914
Killed Lone Pine 9 Aug 1915
He has no known gravesite and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial at Gallipoli

Significance

Cpl Burton was born in Kyneton

Physical description

Framed black and white photograph of Cpl Alex Burton VC with copies of newspaper cutting Advertiser Sept 1915 and War Office statement of award of the Victoria Cross to Burton and Dunstan.

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