Alfred Vincent Burns, the son of Alfred William and Sarah Teresa Burns was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, on 22 January 1915, and attested for the Australian Forces at Sydney, New South Wales.
He served with the 2nd/20th Battalion, Australian Infantry during the Second World War in Singapore and Malaya from 1 March 1941, and was appointed to Sub-Group Special Intelligence Section on 8 November 1941.
He was captured and taken Prisoner of War on 26 March 1942, and died of acute pneumonia in captivity on 15 December 1943.
He is buried in Yokohama Cemetery, Japan.
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