Henry Edward Lawson (Harry) SULLER

SULLER, Henry Edward Lawson

Service Number: QX425
Enlisted: 20 November 1939
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born: Roma, Queensland, 22 June 1918
Home Town: Runcorn, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Egypt, 24 July 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
Alamein Memorial Panel Reference 90, Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials: Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

20 Nov 1939: Enlisted Private, QX425, Brisbane, Queensland
20 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX425
21 Nov 1939: Involvement Private, QX425
24 Jul 1941: Involvement Sapper, QX425, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE, El Alamein

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Biography

Henry Edward Lawson SULLER (Harry) was born on 22nd June 1918 in Roma, Queensland

His parents were Daniel Lawson SULLER and Alma Grace GREEN

He enlisted on 20th November 1939 in Brisbane with the Australian Army  - 2/13 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers

His father Captain Daniel Lawson SULLER was a veteran of the First World War and had served with the 9th Battalion

Harry was Killed in Action on 24th July, 1941 in Egypt - Cemetery El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, Alamein Memorial - he is also listed on the Australian War Memorial

IN MEMORIAM - Courier Mail Brisbane, 24th July, 1946

SULLER - In loving memory of our dear son and brother, QX425. Sapper Harry Suller - killed in action at Tobruk July 24th 1941. Loved and longed for always.  Inserted by his loving Mother and sister.

SULLER -Henry Edward Lawson QX425  2/13 Field Coy, Royal Australian Engineers. killed in action Tobruk 24th July 1941.

To you from failing hands I throw the torch

Be yours to hold it high

Do not break faith with us who died

Or we shall not sleep in far off fields

Sadly and proudly remembered by Dad 

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