| Service number | VX2 |
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| Ranks Held | Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Colonel, Brigadier, Major General |
| Birth Date | 1888-03-21 |
| Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Death Date | 1960-08-21 |
| Death Place | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, South Yarra |
| Final Rank | Brigadier |
| Service | Australian Imperial Force |
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| Gazettes |
Published in London Gazette in 1918-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1952-01-01 Published in London Gazette in 1919-12-12 Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28 Published in London Gazette in 1942-04-16 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1952-01-10 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1920-03-25 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18 Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18 |
Brigadier Samuel Roy Burston
Collection items
Rolls
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
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Honours and Awards:
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Major General
- London Gazette
- 16 April 1942 on page 1691 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- Australian Army Medical Corps
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Colonel
- London Gazette
- 12 December 1919 on page 15456 at position 2
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 25 March 1920 on page 392 at position 1
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 11th Australian Field Ambulance
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 28 December 1917 on page 13568 at position 52
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 18 April 1918 on page 845 at position 29
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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:
- Unit
- Australian Military Forces
- Conflict
- Period 1950-1959
- Rank
- Major General
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1952 on page 37 at position 6
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 10 January 1952 on page 1319 at position 2
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 11th Australian Field Ambulance
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- London Gazette
- 01 January 1918 on page 27 at position 6
- Commonwealth Gazette
- 18 April 1918 on page 846 at position 36
Timeline
| Date of birth | 21 March 1888 | |
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| Date of birth | 21 March 1888 | |
| Date of recommendation honour or award | 16 June 1917 | |
| Date of death | 21 August 1960 | |
| Date of death | 21 August 1960 |
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