Arthur John (Jack) BURNS

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BURNS, Arthur John

Service Number:	621
Enlisted:	18 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 11 August 1894
Home Town:	Mayfield East, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Mayfield Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Bapaume, Somme Sector, France, 23 March 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Mayfield Methodist Church HR, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

18 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 621, 30th Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 621, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 621, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
20 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 621, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW to left hand

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.

104 years ago today, on the 23rd March 1917, Private Arthur John (Jack) Burns, 30th Battalion (Reg No-621), Head Office Clerk (Worked for Castlemaine Brewery & Wood Brothers & Company, Bolton Street, Newcastle, N.S.W.), of "Alheera", 20 Myola Street, Mayfield, New South Wales, fell at Bapaume, France, age 22.

Born at Camden Haven, New South Wales on the 11th August 1894 to Francis Henry (died 1910 - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133906500) and Harriett Burns, Jack enlisted July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.

Wounded in action - 20.7.1916 (GSW left arm or hand, slight, Battle of Fromelles), Jack’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

His name has also been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, St. Peter's Church Memorial Trees, Book of Gold, Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Mayfield Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Mayfield Public School Honour Roll (photo, unveiled on the 19th October 1918, 79 names inscribed, 11 Fallen) and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.

I have placed poppies on the Memorial Plaque at his parent’s gravesite in remembrance of Jack’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King and Country. ANGLICAN 1-45. 86.

Lest We Forget.

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