Thomas (Tommy) Buerckner

  General Notes:

Thomas enlisted in the Special Forces raised for service in Australia or overseas on 16/9/1941
Thomas was accidently killed whilst destroying condemned expolsive at the Moss Vale Showground. A Coronial Inquiry was held at Moss Vale on 17/12/1942.

Name BUERCKNER, THOMAS 
Service Australian Army 
Service Number NX123200 (N197952) 
Date of Birth 6 Oct 1919
Place of Birth TRUNDLE 
Date of Enlistment 4 Sep 1942 
Locality on Enlistment TULLAMORE, NSW 
Place of Enlistment NARELLAN, NSW 
Next of Kin BUERCKNER, ELZA 
Date of Death 7 Dec 1942 
Rank Lance Sergeant 
Posting on Death 2 General Transport Company 
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No 
Roll of Honour Unknown

Roll of Honour
Thomas Buerckner
Rank Lance Sergeant [L Sgt]
Service Number NX123200
Unit RAE 2 ARMY TPS COY
Service Army
Conflict 1939-1945
Date of Death 7 December 1942
Place of Death Australia
Cause of Death Injuries
Source AWM147 Roll of Honour cards, 1939-1945 War, 2nd AIF (Australian Imperial Force) and CMF (Citizen Military Force)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farm Work, Railway Labourer.

• Death Certificate Number: (28183/1942).

Thomas married Elsa (Joan) Weekes, daughter of Phillip Henry Weekes and Susannah Sheehy, on 20 Sep 1941 in Tullamore, NSW Australia. (Elsa (Joan) Weekes was born in 1920 in Canowindra, NSW Australia, died in 1986 in Orange, NSW Australia and was buried in 1986 in Orange, NSW Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Certificate: (15601/1941).