BURMAN, Leonard Charles
| Service Number: | SX12225 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1941, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maylands, South Australia, Australia , 16 February 1909 |
| Home Town: | Prospect Hill, Alexandrina, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Haywood Park School, Yorke Peninsula and Norwood High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 21 January 1943, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A8 B 23 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Meadows War Memorial, Prospect Hill WW2 Honour Roll, Prospect Hill War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Apr 1941: | Involvement Lieutenant, SX12225, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 15 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX12225, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Lieut. L C Burman, 2/10th Inf Bat AIF of Prospect Hill via Meadows. Married Miss E M Vickery in 1937, had three sons. Was elder son of Mr and Mrs C P Burman of Wool Bay, YP. Educated at Haywood Park Yorke Peninsula and Norwood High School. He won a bursary at Haywood Park School. Followed all sport with interest especially fond of cricket. In civil life was a teacher at Morgan East, Brutus, Tenafete and Prospect Hills Schools. Was a member of Melville Masonic Lodge. Enlisted on April 15 1941 in 2/43rd and later transferred to 2/10th Batt. AIF. Was killed in action in New Guinea on January 21 1943. Aged 33. One brother and three brithers-in-law are in the AIF.
Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who enlisted in the Second World War.
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