John Royston McDonell BURGESS

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BURGESS, John Royston McDonell

Service Number:	443673
Enlisted:	20 November 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	19 Replenishing Centre
Born:	Warrawee, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 31 October 1925
Home Town:	Turramurra, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales
Schooling:	North Sydney Intermediate High & Sydney Technical College
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Illness, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1945, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland, Australia E .B .10
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 443673
20 Nov 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 443673, RAAF Ground Training Schools
20 Nov 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 443673
26 Nov 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 443673, 19 Replenishing Centre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of James Gibson Burgess and Ena May Burgess of Turramurra, NSW

Leading Aircraftman John Royston McDonell Burgess 443673 was attached to Number 19 Replenishment Centre at Talmoi where he fell ill and subsequently died in Townsville (on 13 July 1945 he was in Richmond District Hospital, New South Wales)

Biography contributed

John Royston McDonell BURGESS was born in Warrawee in Sydney on 31st October, 1925

His parents were James Gibson BURGESS & Barbara Ena May McDONELL who married in Sydney in 1916

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