AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Burrell, David Claude

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Burrell ​

• FORENAME

David Claude ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

VX50405 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 12.12.1919, Merbein, Victoria, Australia​

son of John Lewis and Ethel Maud Burrell, Merbein, Victoria​

civil occupation Labourer​

single upon enlistment​

05.03.1941 entered service Royal Park, Victoria​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

​