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Leading Aircraftman JOHN JOSEPH BURNS

Service Number: 19574
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 04 November 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RABAUL (BITA PAKA) WAR CEMETERY

H. C. 5.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Elisa Marie Burns, of Preston, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN...R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

RABAUL (BITA PAKA) WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 1153
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