Robert Howell BURNS

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Service Number:	2380
Enlisted:	22 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Pyrmont, New South Wales, 27 August 1898
Home Town:	Glebe, New South Wales
Schooling:	Pyrmont State School
Occupation:	Machinist
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 30 September 1917, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor, Glebe War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

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22 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2380, Sydney, New South Wales
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2380, 55th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2380, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
15 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2380, 55th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2380, 55th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, Officially Robert's date of death is recorded as 30th September but eyewitness accounts record his date of death as 26th September.

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