Lindsay James BURTON

BURTON, Lindsay James

    Service Number: SX6432
    Enlisted: 22 June 1940, Wayville, South Australia
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Waikerie, South Australia, Australia , 28 November 1919
    Home Town: Ramco, Loxton Waikerie, South Australia
    Schooling: Ramco Primary School & Waikerie Higher Primary School, South Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Papua, 17 January 1943, aged 23 years
    Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
    CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 6. Row D. Grave 21. Inscription: "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Keswick "M" and Z" Special Units Independent Companies & Commando Squadrons Memorial, Waikerie War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Private, SX6432, Wayville, South Australia
    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, SX6432, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
    23 Jun 1940: Involvement Private, SX6432, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
    17 Jan 1943: Involvement Lance Corporal, SX6432, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua

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    "...SX6432 Private Lindsay James Burton, 2/10 Battalion. Pte Burton was born in Waikerie, South Australia, and enlisted on 22 June 1940 at the age of 21. The 2/10th's final engagement in Papua was at Sanananda between 9 and 24 January 1943. Lance Corporal Burton was killed in action on 17 January 1943. His body is interred at Bomana War Cemetery, Port Moresby." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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