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Full Name
John Hosking Burr
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
John Hosking
Surname
Burr
War
World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.
22256
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Post and Telegraph Exchange clerk
Next of Kin
Mrs E. Burr (mother), 13 Harlston Road, Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Kaipara Flats, North Auckland, New Zealand
Military District
Warkworth
Body on Embarkation
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 2nd Echelon
Embarkation Unit
Headquarters, 21 Auckland Battalion
Nominal Roll Number
WW2 2
Page on Nominal Roll
WW2
Campaigns
Italy
Last Unit Served
21 Infantry Battalion
Place of Death
Italy
Date of Death
2 August 1944
Age at Death
36
Year of Death
1944
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Florence War Cemetery, Italy
Grave Reference
VIII. D. 3.
Biographical Notes
John Hosking was the son of Henry Ernest and Eliza Josephine Burr, of Auckland, New Zealand.
Description of Image
  • Portrait, Weekly News
  • Headstone, Florence War Cemetery
Sources Used
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org