| Place | Europe: Poland |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | P10262.016 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Poland |
| Date made | December 1943 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Burial service for NX12877 Gunner (Gnr) Douglas Haig Burling, 2/3rd Field Regiment RAA, at the ...
Description
Burial service for NX12877 Gunner (Gnr) Douglas Haig Burling, 2/3rd Field Regiment RAA, at the Krakow (Cracow) Rakowicki cemtery, Poland. Australian and Allied prisoners of war (POW) stand with heads bowed as a padre reads from the bible. Deep snow covers the cemetery and a trumpeter or bugler and what is probably the German guard are formed up at left rear. Gnr Burling, a clerk from Lakemba NSW, enlisted on 19 of April 1940. He served in Egypt and Greece and was captured on Crete in June 1941. He was shot and killed by a guard in a camp wash house on 13 December 1943. He was aged 25. His brother NX33999 Private (Pte) James Harold Burling of the 2/20th Battalion, died of illness as a prisoner of the Japanese in Borneo on 2 April 1945 aged 30.