John William Burns

1890-†?

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21416

About

Born in New Zealand

17 December 1890
Live

Hometown

Palmerston North
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Rongotea Town Board
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

E. G. Burns

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5530 22/0020652, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 41.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John William Burns (1890-†?)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/88