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BURNS, Rex Alan

Service Number:	NX17776
Enlisted:	27 May 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 17 May 1918
Home Town:	Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

27 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX17776
27 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX17776, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1943:	Involvement NX17776, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA
24 Sep 1945:	Discharged Corporal, NX17776, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX17776, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, NX17776, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA New Guinea