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BURNS, James Anderson
(Service number 35001)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs J. Burns (mother), Pukeawa, Balclutha
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 11th Reinforcements J Company
Date 2 January 1917
Transport Opawa
Embarked From Wellington Destination London, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Otago Infantry Regiment, 3 Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 11 October 1917 Age 24
Place of Death Belgium
Cause Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference IV. D. 17
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of James and Janet Burns of Pukepito, Balclutha

Sources

Cenotaph Oct 2013

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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