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BURRELL, William Henry Thornhill

Service Number:	3461
Enlisted:	4 August 1915, Lithgow, New South wales
Last Rank:	Second Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Born:	Pyrmont, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1893
Home Town:	Camperdown, Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Signalman
Died:	Natural causes, North Ryde, New South Walres, Australia, 13 December 1965, aged 72 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 3 Wall 19
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

4 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3461, 17th Infantry Battalion, Lithgow, New South wales
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3461, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3461, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3461, 17th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, GSW right thigh
11 Dec 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Menin Road, During the attack on 20 September 1917 near Westhoek this stretcher bearer continually carried back from the front line wounded men through intense shell fire, showing absolute disregard for danger. On two occcasions he went forward from our lines into our own barrage and rescued men who were lying there wounded. Later when badly wounded he refused to allow himself to be carried and made his own way to the rear.
26 Jan 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Railway Unit (AIF)
7 Sep 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
10 Nov 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 3461, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company

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