BURNETT, John Frederick Richard
| Service Number: | WX28702 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Army Dental Corps |
| Born: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 26 February 1904 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Dental Surgeon |
| Died: | Flying Accident, At sea (between Darwin and Timor), 19 December 1945, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Captain, WX28702 | |
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| 15 Jul 1942: | Enlisted WX28702 | |
| 7 Apr 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, Royal Australian Army Dental Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Mari Walker
Son of George Albert Giblett and Agnes May Burnett, of West Perth; Western Australia; husband of Lilian Doris Burnett, of West Perth.
Captain JFR Burnett was a Dentist with the 5th Australian Light Field Ambulance when he was called up in July 1942 to be attached for dental duty with the AIF. In November 1942 he married but sadly his wife died in September 1943. In May 1945 he was sent to Morotai to serve with the 2/6 Dental Unit. In July 1945 he was in hospital suffering from tinea and blepharitis (a chronic inflammation of the eye) and was to be medically evacuated in December. On 19 December 1945 he was a passenger in RAAF aircraft CIZ which left Ambon for Darwin. The aircraft was not heard of again and his date of death was given as 19 December 1945.
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