Leonard BURMAN

BURMAN, Leonard

Service Number: VX102564
Enlisted: 25 July 1942, Casino, NSW
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: London, England, 4 May 1919
Home Town: Carlton, Sorell, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Lae Military Hospital, New Guinea, 11 July 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
J C 7, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dandenong Shire Roll of Honour, Victorian Jewish War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, VX102564
25 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX102564, Casino, NSW

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Biography 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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