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James Alfred BURNS

Regimental number1411
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressSydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35.5
Height5' 7.25"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs I Burns, 37 Wilson Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Place of enlistmentCasula, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 20 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 6 September 1917
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row T, Grave No. 3), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force (date not recorded); disembarked Marseilles, France, 7 May 1916.

Transferred to No 1 Mining Company, 13 May 1916.

Admitted to 138th Field Ambulance, 21 June 1916 (dysentery); transferred to North Midlands Casualty Clearing Station, 24 June 1916; rejoined unit, 2 July 1916.

Admitted to 6th London Field Ambulance, 27 October 1916 (conjunctivitis); transferred to 13th Stationary Hospital, 29 October 1916; to Base Details, 4 November 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 23 November 1916.

Wounded in action, 30 January 1917 (gun shot wound, left cheek: slight), and admitted to 70th Field Ambulance; discharged and rejoined unit, 3 February 1917.

Found guilty, 18 August 1917, of while on Active Service overstaying leave, London, from 10 am, 15 August, till 10 am, 16 August 1917: forfeited 7 days' pay.

Killed in action, 6 September 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BURNS James Alfred
Red Cross File No 0641104G

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