Peter John Leonard Herbert BURNS

BURNS, Peter John Leonard Herbert

Service Number: F3774
Enlisted: 29 July 1941
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Melville
Born: Guildford Western Australia , 19 October 1922
Home Town: Guildford, Swan, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Diaphragmatic Hernia, Western Australia, 4 July 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia
R. B. 16., Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement F3774
29 Jul 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F3774, HMAS Melville

Family History

Born in Guildford, Western Australia on 19 October 1922 to Cyril Herbert Burns and Annie Lily Ida Kidson. He was the youngest of 3 boys. He needed his mother's permission to enlist as he was underage. He served in Darwin and was injured (shrapnel wounds) when the Japanese bombed Darwin Harbour. He was evacuated to Perth but died from his injuries aged 22 years.

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