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BURRELL, Leslie Cuthbertson
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | NX55590 |
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Enlisted: | 1 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 24 January 1915 |
Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Rubber Worker |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 13 October 1943, aged 28 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot FF. Row D. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "SUPREME SACRIFICE...REST IN PEACE". |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale
Cpl Leslie Cuthbertson Burrell served previously with 2/17 Bn in the Tel el Eisa, El Alamein & Lae campaigns before KIA at Jivevaneng, New Guinea.