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Private Charles Burns

Service number 1547, WX8343
Birth Date 1896-09-21
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Wyndham
Final Rank Private
Places
  • Wyndham
  • Claremont
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Collection items

    Object


    1914-15 Star : Driver C Burns, 1 Signals Squadron, AIF

    British War Medal 1914-20 : Driver C Burns, 1 Signals Squadron, AIF

    Victory Medal : Driver C Burns, 1 Signals Squadron, AIF

    Africa Star : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company

    Defence Medal : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company

    British War Medal 1939-45 : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company

    Australia Service Medal : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company

Timeline

Date of birth 21 September 1896
Date of embarkation 22 November 1915

Related information

Conflicts

  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945

Places

  • Wyndham
  • Claremont

Subjects

  • Indigenous servicemen
  • Indigenous serviceperson
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Related Objects

  • 1914-15 Star : Driver C Burns, 1 Signals Squadron, AIF
  • British War Medal 1914-20 : Driver C Burns, 1 Signals Squadron, AIF
  • Victory Medal : Driver C Burns, 1 Signals Squadron, AIF
  • Africa Star : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company
  • Defence Medal : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company
  • British War Medal 1939-45 : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company
  • Australia Service Medal : Driver C Burns, 3 Railway Construction Company
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