Robert BURNS

BURNS, Robert

    Service Number: 1945
    Enlisted: 10 March 1916, 12 years Royal Garrison Artillery to 8/2/1912
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Belfast, Co Antrim, Ireland , 13 July 1884
    Home Town: Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1944, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW
    CATHOLIC 2-61. 133.
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 36th Infantry Battalion, 12 years Royal Garrison Artillery to 8/2/1912
    4 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 1945, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
    4 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 1945, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
    4 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion
    19 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1945, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD

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    Resting at the Sandgate Cemetery.

    Private Robert Burns, 36th and 33rd Battalions (Reg No-1945), labourer from 17 Essex Street, Fremantle, Western Australia and 470 William Street, Melbourne, Victoria and Newcastle, N.S.W.

    Passed away on the 25th April 1944, age 60. Resting in an unmarked grave. CATHOLIC 2-61. 133.

    Wooden cross erected - 2.10.2015.

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