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Wilfred BURNS

Regimental number599
Place of birthHastings, Sussex, England
SchoolMargate National School, Kent, England
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
AddressHansons Cafe, Valentine Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinUncle, William McPherson, Hunter Street, Hornsby, New South Wales
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 30 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialMeteren Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row F, Grave No. 731), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Husband of Ethel F.V. BURNS, 275 Castleton Sherborne, Dorset, England

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