BURNS, David
Service Number: | 209 |
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Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | St Josephs Catholis School, Surrey Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Driver |
Died: | Died of wounds, At sea on board HS Sicilia, 7 June 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 209, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 209, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 209, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 209, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 209, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Krithia | |
5 Jun 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 209, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to head. Died of wounds 7 June 1915 aboard HS Sicilia. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Burns and Susan Burns nee McMenaman of Tullamaarine, Victoria
Next of kin given as J. Desmond of 38 Nelson Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria. Twin brother of Charles Burns who died of Melancholia, acute Oedema of the brain on 10 September 1919 on board HMS Wyreema near Colombo having served with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion. Buried at sea his name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal