Name: |
BURNIE |
Given Name: |
IAN ARCHIBALD |
Initials: |
I A |
Service No: |
67786 |
Rank: |
Able SeamanOther Casualties of this Rank |
Regiment: |
South African Naval Forces |
Unit: |
H.M.S. HermesOther Casualties from this Unit |
Date of Death: |
1942-04-09Other Casualties on this
Date |
Age: |
19 |
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. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes. |
Additional Information: |
Son of Thomas Jardine Burnie and Winnifred Anne Burnie. |