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Craftsman ALEXANDER THOMSON BURNS

Service Number: 1578885
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY

2. A. 7.

Austria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Margaret Burns, of Tranent, East Lothian.
  • Personal Inscription TO BE WITH US IN THE SAME OLD WAY WOULD BE OUR DEAREST WISH TODAY
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Buried or commemorated at

KLAGENFURT WAR CEMETERY
Austria
Number of casualties: 601
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