Lindsay James BURTON

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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 A6 D 21
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

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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Biography

"...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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