Regimental number | 805 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
School | Mentone High School; Bearham's College, Bairnsdale; Tooronga Road State School, Victoria |
Other training | Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Student |
Address | Lilydale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, Rev Hugh McLeod Burns, Lilydale, Victoria |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 21st Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/38/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 21st Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Had just left school and was about to enter Ormond College, University of Melbourne, when he enlisted. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 37), Anzac, Gallipoli |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 93 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: hugh and Mary Edith Lyall BURNS, Inkerman Road, Malvern, Victoria. Native of Geelong, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |