Leslie Cuthbertson BURRELL

BURRELL, Leslie Cuthbertson

Service Number: NX55590
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
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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.