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BURNS, Kevan John
Personal Details
Service Number: | 140267 |
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Enlisted: | 11 May 1943 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | RAAF Transport and Movement Offices |
Born: | Kadina, South Australia, 28 July 1924 |
Home Town: | Parkside, Unley, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Finschafen, New Guinea, 14 October 1945, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonalpyn Honour Roll, Coonalpyn Soldiers Memorial Park Gates, Coonalpyn War Memorial, Lae Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
11 May 1943: | Involvement 140267 | |
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11 May 1943: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
11 May 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 140267 | |
14 Oct 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 140267, RAAF Transport and Movement Offices | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Stanley Dennis Mann 153077 and Leading Aircraftman Kevan John Burns 140267 of Number 7 Transportation and Movements Office (7TMO) drowned in Finschafen Harbour - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial