John William BURRELL

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Service Number:	1519
Enlisted:	12 December 1914, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Islington, London, England, 1895
Home Town:	Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Chequer Street London County School. London, England
Occupation:	Miller
Died:	Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 June 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row E, Grave 11, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warwick War Memorial

12 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1519, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick, QLD
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 1519, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 1519, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane

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Arrived in Australia aged 16 years

Son of Richard William Burrell of 46 Crayland Road, Edmonton, London, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal.Victory Medal

He had training as a boxer

Take from the Roll of Honour Circular:- Details his father wrote

A good fine English lad, always ready for a fight, or anything else that was good and wholesome.