BURTON, John Harding
16 January 1900 – 5 November 1987
Origin Walsall, Staffordshire, England
First settled in Fremantle, WA
Original Occupation Tool Making
Occupation in Australia Scale Adjuster W.A.G.R.
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Departure Port London (Tilbury)
Arrival Year 1922
Albany
ALBANY panel
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The youngest of five children, he joined the Grenadier Guards and served in France in WWI. Later, being unsettled, he emigrated and became a scale adjuster with W.A.G.R., travelling thousands of miles in WA. He was friendly, hospitable and full of humour. He travelled extensively in Australia, married, had one daughter and lived to 87. A thoroughly gracious Christian gentleman.
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