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Identity
Person No.
3077
Service No.
67786
Last Name
Burnie
1
First Name
Ian Archibald
Initials
I A
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1923
(±1 yr)
538
Age at Death
19
Military Service
Rank
Able Seaman
Regiment
South African Naval Forces
351
Unit
H.M.S. Hermes
18
Death Record
Date of Death
09 April 1942
307
Cause of Death
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before
23
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes
Grave Reference
Panel 74, Column 1.
11
Location
Country
United Kingdom
2,450
Locality
Devon
343
Cemetery
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
293
Coordinates
50.36573, -4.14223
Additional Information
Notes
Son of Thomas Jardine Burnie and Winnifred Anne Burnie.
Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project
southafricawargraves.org — record #3077