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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Devonport
• Land Tasmania, Australia
• Last residence Devonport
• Family Son of Wesley and Martha Burr, of Fenton St., Devonport, Tasmania.
• Profession Labourer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted 17 February 1916, Claremont, Tasmania
• Service number 133
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914/15 Star Medal, Victory Medal, British War Medal
• Regiment and unit 12th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Other data related to military career Embarked Hobart 1 July 1916; to France 22 September 1916

Death

• Wounded 9 October 1917, Celtic Copse; shot by enemy sniper
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds, fractured right femur, n°3 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 24
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - D - 6

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