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Burns D P   Pte  5350

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 11 years, 6 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Burns D P    Pte    5350    David Patrick           7 Inf Bn    18    Telegraph operator    Single    R C        

Address:    Essendon North Railway Station    

Next of Kin:    Burns, D M, father, Essendon North Railway Station    

Enlisted:    19 Jan 1916        

Embarked:     A14 Euripides 4 Apr 1916    

 

Burns was re-allotted on  25 May 1916 to the 59 Inf Bn, and on 15 Sep 1916 was taken on strength of the 60 Inf Bn.    On 8 Dec 1916 he was admitted to the 8th General Hospital at Rouen with severe trench feet, and spent several months in hospital in England undergoing treatment.   On 18 Oct 1917 he was returned to Australia for discharge.

 

Relatives on Active Service

Burns J B Pte 5795 brother DOI

Joseph Bowe, uncle, DOW

 

Word has been recently received by Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Burns of North Essendon, that their second eldest son, Barry, died of illness on June 25th, at Weymouth, England.   He contracted bronchitis in January 1916, on the Somme. Younger son, David, has been in an English Hospital since December, 1916 suffering from severe trench feet. He has already undergone  two operations for the amputation of the toes on the left foot. Both sailed from Australia on April 4th 1916. Their uncle, Joseph Bowe, was recently reported as having died of wounds in France.

 

ROLL OF HONOR. (1917, July 5). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 18, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74603062

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

 

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