Burton, Francis James (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1917)

Places	Africa: Egypt Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows
Accession Number	1DRL/0168
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type	Letter
Maker	Burton, Francis James
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Egypt, Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Date made	1914-1917; 1928
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to service of Lieutenant Francis James Burton, 4 Light Horse Regiment, Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine, 1914-1917. Collection includes copies of letters written home to family in Australia.

History / Summary

2nd Lieutenant Francis James Burton. 4th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action in Palestine, 31st October 1917. Son of Frederick and Mary Burton, of Nullan, Victoria, Australia.