Robert Bell BURNS

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BURNS, Robert Bell

Service Number:	3478
Enlisted:	8 October 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	South Melbourne College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 25 December 1916
Cemetery:	Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban Row J, Grave 52. COURAGEOUSLY HE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THE CAUSE OF HUMANITY
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3478, 19th Infantry Battalion
12 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3478, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
12 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3478, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney
25 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 3478, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3478 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-25

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

3478 Private Robert Bell Burns, 2nd Battalion AIF, died of wounds, Christmas Day 1916, at the age of 25. He had been badly wounded on Christmas Eve and died in the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance the next day.

His younger brother, 2562 Sergeant John Burns 4th Battalion had already been killed in action, at Pozieres, 5 months previous, 22-27 July 1916. He was 21 years old.

The brothers were two of the five children of John Burns and Ethel Alexandra Reid Burns, of Chatswood, NSW but had been born in Hawthorn, Victoria.

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