Reginald Stanley BURDUS

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BURDUS, Reginald Stanley

Service Numbers:	S8943, 26379
Enlisted:	3 January 1940, Southwark, SA
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 18 August 1918
Home Town:	Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electric Welder
Died:	Ground Battle, Derna, Libya, Middle East, 6 April 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Local Roll of Honour - Adelaide, South Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW2 Honour Roll and Addendum

World War 2 Service

3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted S8943
3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Southwark, SA
3 Jan 1940:	Involvement S8943
27 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 26379
27 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
27 Apr 1940:	Involvement Corporal, 26379, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
5 Apr 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Corporal, 26379, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Corporal Reginald Stanley Burdus 26379 died at Number 15 Casualty Clearing Station having been admitted following an attack by German aircraft on a convoy of 3SQN vehicles which had left Maraua to retire to Martuba

At the western boundaries of Derna four Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf110 aircraft strafed the convoy; LAC Albert Frederick Durant 14742 received a flesh wound in the leg, but Service Policeman Corporal Burdus had been seriously wounded

Member is commemorated on Column 246 of the Alamein Memorial in Egypt

https://www.3squadron.org.au/indexpages/kia.htm

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