Individual Details

Douglas was born on the 19th April 1918. He grew up in Elliott Street in Nelson. He worked at McKenzies Dept Store as a Storeman until he left to become a Seaman on the coast freighter MV Piroto. He married Ellen Enid Mahon in 1955 and went to work at the Nelson Freezing Works where he stayed until he retired. He passed away in August 2004 in Nelson Hospital after a broken leg resulted in a hospital stay and he contracted Pneumonia.
Source: Personal recollection of events witnessed by Caroline Burn as remembered 25 Jul 2018.

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Birth	19 Apr 1918	Nelson, New Zealand
Marriage	1955	Nelson, New Zealand - Helen Enid Mahon
Death	19 Aug 2004	Stoke, Nelson, New Zealand
Burial		Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, New Zealand

Spouse	Helen Enid Mahon (1924 - 2006)
Child	Living

Father	Henry Arthur Wardell Burn (1881 - 1947)
Mother	Olive Caroline Baigent (1883 - 1955)
Sibling	Robert Maxwell Burn (1907 - 1907)
Sibling	Beatrice May Burn (1908 - 1988)
Sibling	Ivy Louisa Burn (1910 - 1927)
Sibling	Colin Henry Burn (1915 - 2003)
Sibling	Nola Therese Burn (1919 - 1995)
Sibling	Thelma Isobel Burn (1921 - 2001)
Sibling	Rhona Olive Burn (1923 - 2016)

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