1939-45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939-45 (unnamed as issued) along with the award slip and box of issue addressed to Mrs O.O.C. Burne, (Oliver Ogilvy Charles Burne), 46 Queens Road, Jessmond, Newcastle
942399 Flight Sergeant Alexander Charles Burne (Reilly) was born on 27.10.1919, the son of Oliver Ogilvie Charles Burne and Gertrude Burne, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.enlisted at Cardington between September 1939 and August 1940.
According to the 1939 Register, he was living with his parents at 46 Queens Road, Jessmond, Newcastle on Tyne and was a Wireless Mechanic by trade.
At the age of 22, on 20 Oct 1942, he was Killed in Action/Lost without trace, operating out of a base in Egypt with 203 Squadron in a Maryland I which disappeared without trace during an Ant-Shipping Recce to the West of Crete.
