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 NAME:                      Burton, Frank
 RANK:                      Sapper
 UNIT:                      New Zealand Expeditionary Force
 BATTALION ETC:             New Zealand Engineers
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         4/49a
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 9th May 1915 Dardanelles
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 46. Born at Eastbourne, England.
                            Son of Thomas and Maria Burton (nee Simonds)
                            Husband of Agnes Cecilia Fanny Burton (born Empshott) of Carn Friars, St. Mary's Island, Scilly Isles.
                            In 1901 living in Crown Street, Portswood, Southampton.
                            Married Oct/Nov/Dec 1899 Petersfield area.
                            Previously served 9 years in Grenadier Guards.
                            Six years a settler in New Zealand and eight years in Norfolk Island.