Son of Theodore and Ruth Eliza Burnley.
Service Number: 407097
Enlisted: 27 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Home Town: Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, India, 1 June 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Column 429, Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
Memorials: Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery.
Other details.....Blenheim IV Z7912 of 11 Squadron was one of three aircraft led by which took off to bomb Japanese positions in Chin Hills. One aircraft lost its starboard propellor and was later seen by Squadron Leader Proudfoot in Manipur Valley 26 m East Northeast of Haka with the only wing tip above water.
Service Number: 407097
Enlisted: 27 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Home Town: Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, India, 1 June 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Column 429, Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
Memorials: Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery.
Other details.....Blenheim IV Z7912 of 11 Squadron was one of three aircraft led by which took off to bomb Japanese positions in Chin Hills. One aircraft lost its starboard propellor and was later seen by Squadron Leader Proudfoot in Manipur Valley 26 m East Northeast of Haka with the only wing tip above water.
Son of Theodore and Ruth Eliza Burnley.
Service Number: 407097
Enlisted: 27 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Home Town: Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, India, 1 June 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Column 429, Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
Memorials: Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery.
Other details.....Blenheim IV Z7912 of 11 Squadron was one of three aircraft led by which took off to bomb Japanese positions in Chin Hills. One aircraft lost its starboard propellor and was later seen by Squadron Leader Proudfoot in Manipur Valley 26 m East Northeast of Haka with the only wing tip above water.
Service Number: 407097
Enlisted: 27 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Home Town: Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, India, 1 June 1943, aged 32 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Column 429, Singapore Memorial, Singapore.
Memorials: Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery.
Other details.....Blenheim IV Z7912 of 11 Squadron was one of three aircraft led by which took off to bomb Japanese positions in Chin Hills. One aircraft lost its starboard propellor and was later seen by Squadron Leader Proudfoot in Manipur Valley 26 m East Northeast of Haka with the only wing tip above water.
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Flight Lieutenant, Royal Australian Air Force. 407097
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