BURNS, James, Sapper, No 1 Mining Corps

Rank: Sapper

Regimental Number: 3592A

Place of Birth: -

Address: 44 Sewell Street(WW1: 100), East Fremantle, Western Australia

Next of Kin: Sister, Mrs C Witheridge

Enlistment Date: 23 November 1915

Unit Name: No 1 Mining Corps, 4th Reinforcements

Age embarkation: 26

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Miner

Date of Death: -

Place of Death: -

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HISTORY

1917 Mrs. W. H. Witheridge, of 100 Sewell-street, East Fremantle, received word on Friday that her brother, Sapper James Burns, now nine months in the trenches, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in action on the battlefield in France. (reference)