Angus William BURNETT

BURNETT, Angus William

Service Number: VX24203
Enlisted: 8 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: KOROIT, VIC, 17 November 1908
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Presumed, Rabaul, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 4 February 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX24203
8 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX24203, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

Private Angus William Burnett

80 years ago, we remember the sacrifice of Private Angus William Burnett Service No: VX24203 Age: 33 Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2/22 Bn.

Private Angus William Burnett
BIRTH 17th Nov 1908 Koroit, Victoria, Australia
DEATH 4 Feb 1942 Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain,
Papua New Guinea
BURIAL
Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial
Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain,
Papua New Guinea
PLOT Panel 20.
MEMORIAL ID 23807826.

Angus & his brother Teddy were executed by the Japanese at Tol Plantation during WW2.
The remainder of Lark Force 2/22 that were captured drowned on a Japanese ship when it was torpedoed on route to Japan by a US sub.
Lest we forget
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Service No: VX24203
Age: 33
Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 2/22 Bn.

Son of Alex and Minnie Burnett; husband of Margaret Burnett, of Richmond, Victoria.

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