Arthur Leslie Burns

Staff Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William George Burns and of Kate Burns (nee Harvey), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Joan Mary Burns, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

WW2 RoH

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number:

16839

Name:

Arthur Leslie Burns

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Joan Mary Burns (wife), 9 Sandringham Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

9 Sandringham Street, Dunedin, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Warehouseman

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry, 20 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died as a POW

Date of Death:

18 July 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

El Alamein War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

II. G. 1A.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt