Participant Info

Given Name

William

Family Name

Burns

Service Number

3039

Place of Birth

Carlton VIC

Occupation

Labourer

Place of Enlistment

Melbourne VIC

Next of Kin

Mother, Mrs. Agnes Prendergast, Bairnsdale, Victoria

Address on Enlistment

Maryborough Vic

Unit on Embarkation

22nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement

Age at Embarkation

26

Embarkation Vessel

HMAT A73 Commonwealth, Melbourne VIC on 26 November 1915

Rank on Enlistment

Private

Unit at Discharge

Rank at Death/Discharge

Private

Date of Return

Place of death or wounding

Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium

Date of Death

26/09/1917

Fate

KIA

Place of burial/memorial

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Link to record

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