Commemorated:

1. Grave:Regina Trench CemeteryVI. G. 4. Grandcourt
2. Book:The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918Pg.118
3. Memorial:The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour36B GQS
    

Awards & Titles:

 

Family :

Born in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia the on of Charles and Helena Bursill, of Shell Harbour, New South Wales.

He left Australia and arrived in Vancouver Canada on 16th January 1915.He enlisted in the British Army - Service No 10183 - approximately 3 months later and saw service on the Western Front with the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). He was killed in action and is buried in Regina Trench Cemetery at Grandcourt France.

Albert Leslie Bursill is remembered on the Shell Harbour Roll of Honour.

Service Life:

Campaigns:

Unit / Ship / Est.: 1st Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps 

1st Battalion August 1914 : at Aldershot. Part of 6th Brigade in 2nd Division. 13 August 1914 : landed at Rouen. 13 December 1915 : transferred to 99th Brigade in same Division.

Action : Operations on the Ancre 

11 January - 13 March 1917. Operations on the Ancre concerned the gradual advance in the area around Miramont during which the Germans retired towards the Hindenburg Line defences.

Masonic :

TypeLodge Name and No.Province/District :
Mother : Rewa of Viti No. 2238 E.C.South West Pacific

Initiated
Passed
Raised
11th April 1914
9th May 1914
26th September 1914
 

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