| Service number | VX2 |
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| Ranks Held | Brigadier, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Major General, Temporary Colonel |
| Birth Date | 21/03/1888 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Death Date | 21/08/1960 |
| Death Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, South Yarra |
| Final Rank | Brigadier |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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Brigadier Samuel Roy Burston
Collection items
Rolls
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 11th Australian Field Ambulance
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Army Medical Corps
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 11th Australian Field Ambulance
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 11th Australian Field Ambulance
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Major
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Major General
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Military Forces
- Conflict
- Period 1950-1959
- Rank
- Major General
Timeline
| Date of birth | 21/03/1888 | |
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| Date of recommendation honour or award | 16/06/1917 | |
| Date of death | 21/08/1960 |
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