BURNS, Patrick James
| Service Number: | 1110 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 October 1914, Rosehill, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunkald, Co Louth, Irleand, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial C16, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1110, 1st Infantry Battalion, Rosehill, NSW | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1110, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1110, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Patrick James BURNS, (Service Number 1110) was born at Dundalk, South Ireland, on 25 March 1877. He came to the NSWGR&T relatively late, in May 1912, when he began work as a labourer at Rushcutters Bay electric tram depot at the age of 35. The next year his temporary employment was located at Randwick depot and in February 1914 he was made a permanent employee.
He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 5 October.
He was married, to Eleanor, and they did have children. He left Australia through Melbourne aboard HMAT ‘Themistocles’ on 22 December 1914. He reached Gallipoli on 4 May 1915 and joined the 1st Battalion. Ten days later he was wounded and hospitalised, re-joining the Battalion on 22 July. His records show that he was again wounded, between 10 and 11 August, and that his dead body was recovered and buried, but this was amended to ‘killed in action’.
He is buried in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Gallipoli, though with the disclaimer ‘Believed to be buried in this Cemetery’.
(NAA B2455-3172972)
Submitted 13 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Mrs Helena Mary Burns, 377 Oxford Street, Paddington, New South Wales
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