Kevan John BURNS

BURNS, Kevan John

Service Number: 140267
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
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World War 2 Service

11 May 1943: Involvement 140267
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

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Biography 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