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BURNS, Percival James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5060 |
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Enlisted: | 21 January 1916, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 1885 |
Home Town: | Brunswick East, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Brunswick State School, Victoria |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot VII, Row B, Grave 10, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5060, 5th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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1 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5060, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A23' Suffolk from Melbourne on 1st April 1916, disembarked at Suez, Egypt on 11th May 1916. Embarked om HT Ivernia from Alexandria, Egypt on 21st June 1916 disembarking Marseilles, France on 30th June 1916 | |
22 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion | |
26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5060, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5060 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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