William Stead Burns

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Robert and Nina Shales Burns, of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1998)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a communications flight to Khartoum, the Blenheim flew into the ground 19 miles west of Statur, Sudan The crew were buried in the sand near the crash site, but the graves were lost to the elements and the crew commemorated on the Alamein memorial. William Burns was the pilot.

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Casualty

Service Number:

411856

Name:

William Stead Burns

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 2nd Middle East Ferry Control

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

02 August 1942

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Alamein Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Column 266.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt