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Alfred Stuart Burr (abt. 1901 - 1942)

Alfred Stuart Burr
Born about in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at about age 41 in Al Alamayn, Matruh, Egyptmap
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Alfred Burr was born in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

Alfred Stuart Burr was born in 1901 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.[1] He was the son of Alfred Henry Burr and Harriett Kate Latter.

He immigrated to New Zealand about 1908 with his family. [2]

He served as a Private in the New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion during World War II and died on 22 Jul 1942 in El Alamein, Egypt.[3] He was buried in the El Alamein War Cemetery. [4] [5]

Sources

  1. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FZC-QMM : 1 October 2014), Alfred Stuart Burr, 1901; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  2. "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V19M-HMY : 9 August 2017), A S Burr, 16 Dec 1908; citing ship Rimutaka, Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm 4,416,698.
  3. Auckland Museum online cenotaph
  4. UK Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2012.
  5. Find A Grave: Memorial #55967902




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