Lawrence (Lorry) D'ELIA

D'ELIA, Lawrence

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
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World War 2 Service

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

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Biography

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