Richard Allan BURGE

BURGE, Richard Allan

Service Number: VX32624
Enlisted: 25 June 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion
Born: Traralgon, Victoria, Australia , 22 September 1910
Home Town: Bentleigh, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Insurance Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, Libya, 1 May 1941, aged 30 years
Cemetery: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
15. C. 19.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Traralgon War Memorial, Wangaratta 2/24th Infantry Battalion Memorial Wall
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, VX32624
25 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX32624, 2nd/24th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Richard and Margaret Jane Burge; husband of Clarice Annie Burge, of Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia.

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