Topic: AIF - 1B - 3 LHR
3rd LHR, AIF
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Harold Alfred Burrill
Harold Alfred Burrill's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Harold Alfred Burrill
Service number: 1229
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: BURRILL, Tpr. Harold Alfred, 1229. 3rd Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 4th Aug., 1916. Age 24. Son of Thomas Alfred and Jessie Burrill, of Oatlands, Tasmania. B. 49.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Harold Alfred Burrill from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 1229 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Driver |
Address | Oatlands, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs. Jessie Burrill, Oatlands, Tasmania |
Enlistment date | 3 July 1915 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Morea on 26 August 1915 |
Fate | No details of fate entered on Nominal Roll |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 49), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Jessie BURRILL, Oatlands, Tasmania |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 3rd LHR, Roll of Honour, Harold Alfred Burrill