Ralph Edward BURRETT

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Service Number:	SX13063
Enlisted:	31 May 1941, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Walkerville, South Australia, Australia , 5 February 1919
Home Town:	Grange, City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Civil Servant (Clerk, Hospital Dept.)
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 19 January 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row A. Grave 18. Inscription: "FOR EVER WITH THE LORD AFTER DUTY NOBLY DONE"
Memorials:	Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Henley Beach Council WW2 Honour Roll and Addendum

31 May 1941:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
31 May 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX13063, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
19 Jan 1943:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX13063, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion

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