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BURR, James Edward
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX16537 |
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Enlisted: | 22 May 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Swamp Oak, New South Wales, Australia , 29 July 1904 |
Home Town: | Nowra, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Baker |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 19 October 1943, aged 39 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery FF. C. 10. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nowra All Saints Anglican Church WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
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22 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX16537 | |
27 Dec 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Sydney, disembarked Ishmalia, Egypt. RTA 27-02-1943. | |
9 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Cairns per HT 'Allen', disembarked Milne Bay, New Guinea | |
19 Oct 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX16537, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA: Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, New Guinea |
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