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BURMAN, Leonard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX102564 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 July 1942, Casino, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Royal Australian Engineers |
| Born: | London, England, United Kingdom. , 4 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer's Storeman / Mattress Maker |
| Died: | Illness, New Guinea, 11 July 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location Plot J. Row C. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "MAY HIS DEAR SOUL REST IN PEACE". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour, Victorian Jewish War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, VX102564 | |
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| 25 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX102564, Casino, NSW | |
| 30 Apr 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Royal Australian Engineers, 4 DOCKS OPERATING COMPANY |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Israel and Hannah Burman; husband of May Burman, of Carlton, Victoria.
MAY HIS DEAR SOUL REST IN PEACE
DIED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
The death took place on Wednesday of last week of Corporal Leonard Burman, A.I.F. He died of illness in the Lae Military Hospital.
He had been in the AIF for four years and 8 months and had served at Lae, Milne Bay and other northern areas. He was with the Royal Australian Engineers. He was 26 and leaves a young widow and infant son of 19 months. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Burman of North Carlton.
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