William Burns

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Burns AWMM

Service number

44229 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 181 Dixon Street, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M. Burns (mother), 181 Dixon Street, Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

44229 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Infantry Reinforcements AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Capture details

• WW2
  15 Jul 1942 AWMM
• WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
• WW2 POW - P.G. 85, Tuturano, Italy AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
• 17 Apr 1945 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
  Shot by S. S. guards after escaping from P.O.W. camp. AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
19 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of John Lawrie Burns and Margaret Porteous Burns AWMM

Death

17 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany AWMM 3. J. 8. AWMM

Memorial name

• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum, Memorial Plaque WW2 AWMM
• Kawakawa District War Memorial, Kawakawa and Districts War Memorial Domain AWMM
• 29 Albert Street, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Kawakawa Memorial Library Centre, Wynard Street, Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand
  http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3128
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2079925
  Sources Used
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
  Further Reference
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
  https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
  Further Reference
• Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-19Ba.html
  Further Reference

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 5: WW2 34
• List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
• Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
• Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.