William Ernest BURNS

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Service Number:	NX122528
Enlisted:	23 August 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia , 26 May 1921
Home Town:	Gosford, Gosford Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Munitions Worker)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 29 January 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot LL. Row C. Grave 1. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND N"OBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX122528
23 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX122528, 2nd/1st Infantry Battalion

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