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Alexander BURNS

Place of birthRosewood, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMechanical engineer
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Burns, Hazeldean Lambert Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name15th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 31 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollRoyal Flying Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted in AIF, 15 July 1915. Commissioned, 17 January 1916. Embarked with 15th Bn, 16th Reinforcements. Joined 47th Bn, 10 August 1916. Promoted Lieutenant, 11 October 1916. Transferred to Royal Flying Corps, 22 October 1916. Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps, 23 October 1916.
FateDied as result of accident 20 April 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death24
Place of burialAnn's Hill Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Kerr and Helen BURNS, Hazeldean, Lambert Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Died as a result of aeroplane accident.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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