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Name	John Burns
Born	1887 New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 February, 1921 (aged ~ 34) Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	tuberculosis
Related Entries	[View as tree] Burns, James (father)
Education *	King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1900-1904)
Occupation or Descriptor *	grazier (cattle) (1910-1921) Queensland, Australia army officer (1914-1918) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army officer) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16
Properties *	Bunda Bunda (Qld) (co-owner) Bushy Park (Qld) (co-owner) Consuelo (Qld) (co-owner) Cotherstonen (Qld) (co-owner) Egilabria (Qld) (co-owner) Nelia Ponds (Qld) (co-owner) Pike's Creek (Qld) (co-owner) Shaftesbury (NSW) (owner, ?-1921) Tarbrax (Qld) (co-owner) Tilpal (Qld) (co-owner) Turn-off Lagoons (Qld) (co-owner)
Workplaces *	Burns and Johnston (partner, ?-1921)

* Dates are approximate

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