Roll of Honour - Joseph Burnett

Joseph Burnett

Rank: Captain [Capt]

Unit: HMAS Sydney

Service: RAN

Conflict: 1939-1945

Date of death: 20 November 1941

Place of death: Indian Ocean

Cause of death: Killed in action

Cemetery or memorial details: Plymouth Naval Memorial, United Kingdom

Source: AWM146 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, Royal Australian Navy

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Location on the Roll of Honour

Joseph Burnett's name is located at panel 7 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).

Map of Commemorative area showing which panel Joseph Burnett's name is located

Roll of Honour circular

For the Second World War these were forms completed by the Directorate of the War Graves Services. They form the basis of the card indexes from which the original Roll of Honour was compiled.

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Personal Service Records

For information about service records of those who served in the Second World War please see Australian Service records from World War II on the National Archives of Australia website.

War Graves

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