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BURNS, Daniel James

Service Number:	73192
Enlisted:	25 November 1942, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Last Rank:	Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra
Born:	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 25 June 1920
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer - Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board Sydney.
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Cootamundra War Cemetery Plot B/Row D/Grave 1. Roll of Honour
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 73192, No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra
24 Nov 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 73192, No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra
25 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 73192, No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of James Francis and Elsie May Burns; husband of Mildred Evelyn Burns, of Armidale.