Story: Burn, William Wallace Allison

William Wallace Allison Burn

William Wallace Allison Burn

This solemn portrait of the usually cheerful William Burn dates from 1914, the year he qualified as a pilot. The following year he died in action in the First World War.

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Paul Harrison. 'Burn, William Wallace Allison', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated February, 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3b59/burn-william-wallace-allison (accessed 29 March 2024)