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SUTTON, Lester Ryan
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX5053 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 June 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kadina, SA, 21 August 1914 |
| Home Town: | Balaklava, Wakefield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 22 July 1942, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava WW1 & WW2 Honour Roll, Balaklava WW1 & WW2 Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 13 Jun 1940: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX5053, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 13 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX5053, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
Lester the Jester
Dad always told us the story Uncle Lester the Jester.
Apparentently Lester was a bit of Larricken.I was told his squad had blown up a tank and he went to check it and was shot and wounded by someone still alive in the tank..He was taken to hospital in Egypt and it was hit by enemy fire and he was killed..
Submitted 25 April 2018 by Wendy Fennell
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