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Able Seaman EDWARD RICHARD GEORGE BURLEY

Service Number: 22380
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Perth

Date of Death

Died 12 December 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY

A2. D. 19.

Myanmar

Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Myanmar - photos of individual gravemarkers shared on CD by Outer Area, January 2009: Plot A2

Photographer: Outer Area

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Ernest and Ethel May Burley; husband of Nancy Elanor Burley, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE

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Buried or commemorated at

THANBYUZAYAT WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 3770
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