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BURNS, Hector
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3980 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3980, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3980, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3980, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3980, 2nd Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Hector was struck by either rifle or machine gun fire and received a compound fracture of the right thigh during the capture of Hermies on the Somme in France. He was evacuated by the 3rd Field Ambulance to a Casualty Clearing Station on 10 April 1917, and then to No. 12 General Hospital at Rouen where he died of his wounds in hospital on 14 April 1917. |
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Add my storyBiography 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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