Lawrence (Lorry) D'ELIA

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Service Number:	NX51376
Enlisted:	26 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Base Workshop
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 3 December 1916
Home Town:	Dulwich Hill, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Ironworker
Died:	Killed in Action, Libya, 5 August 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya Plot 4. Row Q, Grave 2 Roll of Honour Dulwich Hill, Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

26 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales
26 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX51376
5 Aug 1941:	Involvement Private, NX51376, 2nd/1st Base Workshop, Siege of Tobruk, Killed in Action

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Other service number N72068

Australian Army Ordnance Corps, 2/1 Field Workshop

Son of Joseph and Rita Barbar D'Elia, of Ashfield, New South Wales