James Edward (Jim) BURR

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Service Number:	NX16537
Enlisted:	22 May 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia, 29 July 1905
Home Town:	Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker / Cook
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 19 October 1943, aged 38 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot FF. Row C. Grave 10. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nowra All Saints Anglican Church Vestibule WW2 Memorial Plaque

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion
22 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX16537
27 Dec 1940:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Sydney, disembarked Ishmalia, Egypt. RTA 27-02-1943.
9 Aug 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Cairns per HT 'Allen', disembarked Milne Bay, New Guinea
19 Oct 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA: Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea

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