In Memory Of
BURNIE, IAN ARCHIBALD
Service Details
Age:
19
Service No:
67786
Rank:
Able Seaman
Unit:
H.M.S. Hermes
Regiment:
South African Naval Forces
Date of Death:
1942-04-09
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.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 74, Column 1.
Cemetery:
PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Devon
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Thomas Jardine Burnie and Winnifred Anne Burnie.
