Frank BURNS

BURNS, Frank

Service Number: NX21463
Enlisted: 27 May 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 11 April 1909
Home Town: Pennant Hills, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Died: Killed in Action, El Alamein, Egypt, 23 October 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX21463
27 May 1940: Enlisted Private, NX21463, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX21463, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1941: Involvement Private, NX21463, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, WIA
23 Oct 1942: Involvement Private, NX21463, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, KIA

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