BURTON, Lindsay James
Service Number: | SX6432 |
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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 | |
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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)