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BURFORD, Charles Ernest
(Service number 27212)

Aliases
First Rank Lance Corporal Last Rank Lance Corporal

Birth

Date 23 April 1896 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 23 Princess Street, Timaru
Occupation Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs A. J. BURFORD (mother0, 23 Princess Street, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 17th Reinforcements, J Company
Date 25 September 1916
Transport Devon
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Engineers

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 11 September 1974 Age 78 years
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Ernest Burford was the first-born of Arthur James and Catherine (née Dow) Burford. He was educated at Timaru South School. At noon on 31 May 1916, South Canterbury’s quota of the 17th Reinforcements was entertained at dinner in Stafford Tea Rooms by the lady members of the South Canterbury War Relief Society. The soldiers assembled at the Drill Hall at 3.30 pm to be farewelled by the Mayor before leaving on the north-going express. In this quota was C. E. Burford. Charles married Margaret Doris Webb on 23 February 1927.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [12 September 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [12 September 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [12 September 2019]; Known family history; Timaru Herald, 31 May 1916 (Papers Past) [17 October 2015]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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