4th Field Artillery Brigade
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Andrew Richard Burmeister (SN 1537) born at Warragul, was a 19 year old miner when he enlisted in Ballarat on July 19th 1915. Assigned to the 4th Light Horse Regiment, he embarked aboard the Ceramic on November 23rd and sailed to Egypt. In April 1916 he was transferred to the 4th Field Artillery Brigade and was moved to France. In September 1917 he was slightly wounded and shortly after that he was hospitalised in England for 75 days due to an illness. At war’s end he returned to Australia aboard the Zealandia, disembarked on June 28th 1919 and was discharged on August 22nd. He also enlisted to serve during WW2 with service number V372479.
