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Chief Engineer Officer ROBERT KIRKWOOD BURNS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Chengtu (London)

Date of Death

Died 10 November 1943

Age 54 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY

1. A. 40.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Martha Kirkwood Burns; husband of Jessie McVicar Burns, of Greenock, Renfrewshire. Also a member of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY GOOD-NIGHT, BELOVED, NOT FAREWELL
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Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 695
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