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MARTIN BURNES
BORN LEEDS 1891. SON OF MARY BURNES, OF 225 WEST, 75TH STREET, NEW YORK, USA (NEXT OF KIN ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE HALF SISTER, MARY CASEY, LIVING AT 4, BANK PLACE, LIMERICK, IRELAND.
HE WAS A SHIP FIREMAN ON THE LAVANTANIA SHIP, SWANSEA WHEN WAR BEGAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9 INCHES TALL, 39 INCH CHEST, 154 LBS WEIGHT, GOOD PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT.
ENLISTED AT PENZANZE. CORNWALL, ON 10/12/1915, AGED 24. CALLED UP ON 06/03/1916. POSTED TO THE ROYAL ENGINEERS, INLAND WATER TRANSPORT COMPANY. HE ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED AT QUEENS DOCK, HULL, ON 26/10/1916, AGED 25.
BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY, WITH FULL MILITARY FUNERAL.
Kingston upon Hull HU5 4AY
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