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BURLING, Douglas Haig
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX12877 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/3rd Field Regiment |
| Born: | Enfield, New South Wales, Australia, 13 December 1918 |
| Home Town: | Lakemba, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Shot (POW of Germany), Germany, 13 December 1943, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lakemba St Andrew's Anglican Church Memorial Windows |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 19 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Gunner, NX12877, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment, Warwick Farm, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX12877, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment | |
| 1 Jun 1941: | Imprisoned "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 | |
| 13 Dec 1943: | Involvement Gunner, NX12877, 2nd/3rd Field Regiment, Prisoners of War |
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"...NX12877 Gunner Douglas Haig Burling, 2/3rd Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Burling, aged 25, died on 13 December 1943, as a Prisoner of War (POW), after being captured on 1 June 1941, while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion. He was the son of James Henry and Ethel May Burling, of Lakemba, NSW. He is buried in the Cracow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland, , Poland, Section 2, Row A, Plot 11..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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