Coming Soon.
BURNS, John Charles
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4674 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 30 September 1915, Townsville, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, 21 June 1893 |
Home Town: | Burketown, Burke, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Mailman |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
30 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4674, Townsville, Queensland | |
---|---|---|
12 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 4674, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
12 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 4674, 25th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4674, 25th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road |
Personal Stories
Help us honour John Charles Burns's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Son of Gertrude Agnes Woodhouse and John Charles Burns