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BURNS, Hector
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| Service Number: | 3980 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 30 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Palmers Island, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Palmers Island, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Palmers Island Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Rouen, France, 14 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen O. VIII. F. 12. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Greg Towner
Hector indicated on enlistment that his occupation was a labourer but he may have also been employed as a fisherman. A newspaper report found on trove.nla.gov.au indicated Hector was fined 10 shillings and 6 six shillings in costs for being on a licensed premise at Palmers Island during illegal hours. When he enlisted Hector's older brother William was with No. 18 Infantry Battalion at Gallipoli, but was evacuated from there with influenza on 8 December 1915 and subsequently returned to Australia leaving Suez seven days before Hector arrived in Egypt on 16 February 1916.
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