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The following names and details are of the 2/15th Battalion members who paid the supreme sacrifice.

The names of other Australian soldiers who died whilst on attachment to the battalion are shown at the foot of the page.

SURNAME NAMES NUMBER CAUSE 
OF DEATH		 DATE 
OF DEATH		 LOCATION
OF DEATH		 Other Information
             
ABRAHAM Samuel Albert QX8534 KIA 09/06/1941 Tobruk  
ADAMS Ronald Kevin QX27950 DOW 09/10/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
ALFORD Edward John QX15506 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
ALLEN Douglas John QX5873 DOW 22/09/1943 New Guinea Finschhafen. Buried Lae.
ALLEN James Gordon QX5681 DOW 24/10/1942 El Alamein  
ALLEN William Henry QX6913 DOW 29/10/1942 El Alamein  
AMBROSE Robert Leonard Easto QX12806 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
ANDERSON Hughie James QX8669 KIA 26/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
             
BAIRD Charles QX12815 KIA 28/10/1942 El Alamein  
BANNISTER George QX2907 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
BASON Thomas Francis QX13014 KIA 29/10/1942 El Alamein  
BAUER Arthur George QX5754 DOW as PoW 11/08/1942 El Alamein  
BAXTER Henry James QX2489 KIA 07/07/1941 Tobruk  
BAXTER Richard Albert QX3282 DOAS 02/01/1942 Egypt Gaza War Cem.
BAYLEY John QX12977 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
BEBB Norman Francis QX11589 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
BEIRNE Vincent Patrick QX21053 DOW 25/10/1942 El Alamein  
BELL James Henry QX18394 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
BISHOP Jack Crocker QX1674 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
BLAIN Eric Hamilton QX2401 DOAS 13/04/1943 Australia Buried Rockhampton.
BODE Frederick Lance QX6225 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba, MC
BOLAM Ernest QX1957 DOAS 02/10/1945 Australia Sydney War Cemetery
BOWERS Ronald Leslie QX6748 DOW 21/06/1941 Tobruk  
BRADFORD William Ernest George QX51463   08/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
BRAIN Vhere Walter QX17318 KIA 22/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Port Moresby 
(Bomana).
BRICE Gordon Elwyn QX12981 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
BRIGGS Archie Douglas QX6893 KIA 20/04/1941 Tobruk  
BRINES Allan John QX6722 KIA 14/08/1942 El Alamein  
BROOKE Edgar Harold Scott QX7677 DOW 12/08/1942 El Alamein  
BROWNE Edward QX5916 DOW 26/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
BURGE Wilfred Cunnngham QX12807 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
BUTTEN-SINGH Edmond Thomas QX748 KIA 21/08/1941 Tobruk  
BUZZA Victor QX10574 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
             
CAIRNS James Harold QX5318 KIA 28/06/1941 Tobruk  
CAMPBELL Thomas QX12643 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
CARTER Frank William QX810 KIA 29/06/1941 Tobruk  
CARTER Sydney James QX11307 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
CAUCHI Joseph QX7901 DOW as PoW 04/09/1944 Europe Alamein Memorial
CHANDLER Nathaniel Patrick QX5878   02/09/1942 El Alamein  
CHATTERTON Sydney Edward QX8231 KIA 29/06/1941 Tobruk  
CHRISTIE Eric McNaughton QX6230 KIA 24/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi River. Buried Lae.
CHRISTSEN James William QX6940 KIA 31/10/1942 El Alamein DCM, MID
CLARKE Herbert Vincent QX18421 KIA 01/11/1942 El Alamein  
CLEARY William QX11610 KIA 08/10/1943 New Guinea

Buried Port Morseby
(Bomana).
CLEVERDON John Robert Campbell QX27158 KIA 15/06/1945 Borneo Buried Labuan War 
Cemetery.
COBB Wilton Winstanley QX6223 KIA 23/10/1942 El Alamein MC and BAR
COLLINS Frederick George QX8214 KIA 25/10/1942 El Alamein  
COLOMBUS Albert Stanley QX7945 KIA 26/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
CONAHGAN Christopher Joseph QX6604 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
COOPER Ronald Charles QX11442 KIA 05/08/1942 El Alamein  
COYNE Reginald Andrew QX11613 KIA 01/09/1942 EL Alamein Operation Bulimba
CRAWFORD Eric George QX3350 DOW 27/10/1942 El Alamein  
CROKER Kelvin QX7529 KIA 12/03/1941 Mersa Brega Benghazi War Cem.
CUBITT Douglas Stannard QX6241 KIA 14/04/1941 Tobruk MID
CULL Thomas Patrick QX3380 DOW 26/06/1941 Tobruk  
CUNNINGHAM John Phillip QX8522 DOAS 25/01/1942 Syria Aleppo War Cemetery.
             
DAWES Clifford QX5108 DOW 01/09/1941 Tobruk  
DAY Sidney Albert QX11638 KIA 28/10/1942 El Alamein  
DEBNEY Harry Stanley QX2390 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
DE SAILLY Wesley Francis QX1680 KIA 24/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi, River MID. 
Buried Lae.
DOHERTY Edward Neil QX27006 DOAS 20/06/1943 Australia Atherton War Cemetery.
DONACHIE James QX3351 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
DOLGNER John Frederick QX8629 KIA 23/06/1941 Tobruk MID
DONOVAN Edward David QX8041 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
DOOLAN Walter Hamilton QX7600 DOW 10/09/1942 El Alamein  
DOYLE Charles Lindsay QX15501 DOW 13/10/1943 New Guinea Kumawa. Buried Lae.
DOYLE Thomas Leo QX3196 DOAS 26/08/1943 New Guinea Lutwyche Cemetery 
Brisbane.
DUEL Cyril Pearson QX12766 KIA 23/10/1942 El Alamein  
DUNSTAN John David QX2404 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
             
EDWARDS Wallace QX10168 KIA 29/06/1941 Tobruk  
ELSE Cyril Scott QX22132 KIA 13/10/1943 New Guinea Kumawa. Buried Lae.
ERNEST Thomas Arthur QX19686 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
EVERETT Francis Victor QX10669 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
EXTON Robert Dunham QX19142 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
             
FAVELL Nelson Samuel (Les) QX15648 DOW 01/09/1942 EL Alamein Operation Bulimba
FISHER Bertram Henning QX2020 KIA 18/05/1941 Tobruk  
FITZALLEN Allan Herbert TX297 DOAS 28/10/1942 EL Alamein  
FLORES Robert William QX1856 KIA 23/10/1942 El Alamein  
FORTESQUE Leslie Robert QX20070 KIA 30/11/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
FRAHM Hector QX16693 DOAS 02/07/1943 Australia Atherton War Cemetery
FURLONG William Adam QX31394 KIA 19/12/1943 New Guinea

Tunom River. Buried Lae.
             
GARRARD George William QX3337 DOW 21/05/1941 Tobruk  
GATE William Wilson QX15548 DOW 08/09/1942 El Alamein  
GAULT James Forrester QX11846 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GENGOS Steleanos QX5337 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GENTRY James Patrick QX12990 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GILL John Hill QX15545 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GILLESPIE James Sidney QX5877 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GLEESON John Joseph QX12624 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GOODWIN Clement Ernest QX12991 KIA 13/10/1943 New Guinea Kumawa. Buried Lae.
GOSSON George Percy QX3391 DOAS 15/06/1943 THAILAND PoW. Buried KANCHANABURI
WAR CEMETERY, THAILAND
GOULD Leslie Thomas QX20096 DOW 29/10/1942 El Alamein  
GRANT Reginald James QX20613 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GREEN Leslie Watson QX21115 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba 
(Called Larry)
GREEN Percy Harold QX8222 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
GROSS William Carl QX13339 KIA 22/09/1943 New Guinea Port Moresby Cemetery 
(Bomana).
             
HALKETT-HAY Ronald Archibald QX17894 KIA 28/10/1942 El Alamein  
HAMILTON Roderick QX20175 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
HANKINS Robert Augustine QX857 KIA 29/04/1941 Tobruk Served as DARLING
HARPER Sidney George QX6956 KIA 29/06/1941 Tobruk  
HARPHAM Neville Leonard QX6647 KIA 24/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi, MID. Buried Lae.
HARRINGTON Adrian Russell VX2913 KIA 09/06/1941 Tobruk AASC. Tobruk War Cem.
HART Arthur QX8684 KIA 01/07/1941 Tobruk  
HILL Archie John Maunsell QX21216 KIA 01/09/1942 Tobruk Operation Bulimba
HILL Leslie Ward QX18307 KIA 07/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
HINCHLIFFE Fred QX1671 DOAS 24/10/1944 UK Repatriated PoW. 
BROOKWOOD MILITARY 
CEMETERY UK
HOOD John QX2025 KIA 18/05/1941 Tobruk  
HOOPER Vincent Harold QX3201 KIA 24/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi River. Buried Lae.
HOPPER Harold Edward QX17966 KIA 23/10/1941 Tobruk  
HORTON James QX8157 KIA 02/05/1941 Tobruk  
HUTSON Eric Alan QX15247 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
             
JAMES Percy Francis QX9005 DOW 07/08/1942 El Alamein  
JESSUP Robert William QX2393 KIA 23/10/1942 El Alamein  
JOHNSTON Islay QX11484 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
JOHNSTONE Charles William QX2408 KIA 08/10/1943 New Guinea Kumawa. Buried Lae.
JOHNSTONE Eric Percival QX5936 KIA 01/12/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
JORY William Roland QX8560 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
JUBB William Hiles QX6244 KIA 28/10/1942 El Alamein  
             
KELLY John Joseph QX7706 DOW 17/06/1941 Tobruk  
KEMMIS Rupert Fredolin Garde NX68393 DOAS 29/03/1943 Syria French's Forest 
General Cemetery.
KENNELLY William Joseph QX12749 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
KIDD Cecil Robert QX5891 KIA 29/06/1941 Tobruk  
KIDD Thomas Robson QX15641 KIA 24/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi River. Buried Lae.
KILPATRICK William QX15286 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
KING Albert Christopher QX19696 KIA 25/10/1942 El Alamein  
KLING Alfred Claude QX10535 DOW 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
KNIGHT David Stuart QX20186 KIA 17/08/1943 El Alamein  
             
LAURIE William QX5902 DOAS 10/02/1942 Syria Aleppo War Cemetery
LESINA Charles Patrick QX2396 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
LEWIS Edward James QX6848 KIA 06/07/1941 Tobruk  
LIPPETT Richard Leslie Charles QX8655 DOAS 28/08/1941 Alexandria Alexandria (Hadra) 
War Cem.
             
MacDONNELL Harry John QX6695 KIA 07/06/1941 Tobruk  
McGRATH William Joseph QX3293 DOAS 30/04/1944 Australia Lutwyche Cem. Brisbane
McINTYRE Lewis John QX6588 KIA 24/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi River. Buried Lae.
McINTYRE Walter Langacourt QX11596 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
McNAB Adam Gordon QX7983 DOAS 29/05/1944 Australia Buried Cairns.
MAGNO Charles Keith Massy NX12306 DOW 30/10/1942 El Alamein  
MEADOWS Henry James Frank QX5632 DOW 13/04/1941 Tobruk Easter battle
MEIKLEJOHN William QX7624 KIA 07/06/1941 Tobruk  
MELVIN Arthur William QX13029 DOW 30/10/1942 EL Alamein  
MENEREY James Squire Haliday QX6715 DOAS 20/01/1944 New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana)
MILBURN John William QX19584 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
MITCHELL James Michael QX8164 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
MOORE Frank QX16117 KIA 24/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi River. Buried Lae.
MORRISON Ernest William QX2341 DOW 24/10/1942 El Alamein MID Middle East
MORRISON Geoffrey Emerson QX6252 KIA 21/06/1941 Tobruk  
MULLALY Thomas Loftus QX13018 KIA 28/10/1942 EL Alamein  
             
NEAL William Charles QX12629 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
NEVILLE Francis Clair QX3323 KIA 10/07/1942 El Alamein  
NEWTON Leslie Darcy QX8131 KIA 31/08/1941 Tobruk  
NITZ George William QX28674 KIA 29/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
             
O'FARRELL Patrick Charles QX15669 DOW 24/10/1942 El Alamein  
O'GORMAN Gilbert Veitch QX15358 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
O'MARA Kevin Patrick QX21504 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
OWENS Michael John QX15253 KIA 12/11/1943 New Guinea Finschhafen
             
PANKHURST Mervyn Aldwyn QX18569 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
PARKER Roy QX7712 DOW 24/10/1942 El Alamein  
PARKER Reginald Alick QX1754 DOW 17/08/1942 El Alamein  
PATRICK Ron Arthur QX3000 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
PATTERSON-KANE Kenneth Wallace QX31294 DOAS 23/10/1943 New Guinea  
PEYTON Archibald John Charles QX8048 KIA 26/10/1942 El Alamein  
PICKUP William Charles QX12681 DOW 26/10/2942 EL Alamein  
PILKINGTON Harold QX12633 DOW 29/09/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
PINDER Anzac Joseph QX8341 KIA 26/06/1941 Tobruk  
PIRIE William Hill QX31335 KIA 22/09/1943 New Guinea Port Moresby (Bomana) 
War Cem.
PLATER Leslie Charles QX6815 DOW 02/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
POTTER Henry Christopher NX40746 KIA 12/06/1941 Tobruk  
PROCTOR Harry QX3380 DOW 24/06/1941 Tobruk  
PUNTER Milton Albert QX13027 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
             
REDLICH Harold QX8559 KIA 15/05/1941 Tobruk  
REINKE Donald Edward QX5944 KIA 08/06/1941 Tobruk  
RICHARDSON Frank WX1790 KIA 03/12/1943 New Guinea Nongora. Buried Lae.
ROBERTON Arthur Leonard QX10445 KIA 29/10/1942 El Alamein  
ROOS Thomas Clive QX20302 KIA 09/09/1942 El Alamein  
ROSE John Alwyn QX18242 DOW 19/09/1942 El Alamein  
ROSELT Edgar Hamilton QX8135 KIA 31/08/1941 Tobruk  
ROSS Wallace QX5868 DOW 07/04/1941 Tobruk  
ROWAN Henry Hamilton 
Stephen (Tony)		 QX5147 KIA 06/07/1941 Tobruk Tobruk War Cem.
ROYAL Victor Reginald QX29004 KIA 26/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi River. Buried Lae.
RUSSELL Eric James QX52732 KIA 15/06/1945 Borneo Labuan War Cemetery
RYAN Cyril Francis QX8626 DOW 03/05/1941 Tobruk  
             
SAMUELS John Harris QX6407 KIA 25/10/1942 El Alamein  AAMC att 2/15th Bn
SCOTT William George QX12657 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
SEATON Dan Cecil QX29093 KIA 13/10/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
SHEEHAN Michael QX7591 DOAS 25/01/1942 Syria Aleppo War Cemetery
SINCLAIR John George QX12634 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
SLAYTER Gordon QX20114 KIA 03/08/1942 El Alamein  
SMITH Arthur Vincent QX7727 DOW 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
SMITH Richard James QX8663 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
SMITH William Alfred Sydney QX5222 DOAS 10/06/1943 Australia Atherton War Cemetery
STANLEY Tom Chippendale QX2462 DOAS 20/1019/41 Tobruk  
STEWART Kenneth John QX20116 KIA 13/10/1943 New Guinea Kumawa. Buried Lae.
STIRLING John Robert QX12800 KIA 23/10/1942 El Alamein  
STOCKWELL George Edward QX5443 DOW 03/10/1942 El Alamein  
STONE Wallace Arthur QX5736 KIA 21/06/1941 Tobruk  
STRANGE Bruce Dowsett QX6222 DOAS 20/09/1944 Australia Cairns Cemetery
STREHLAU Norman Frank QX3220 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
             
TART Reece QX16765 KIA 23/09/1943 New Guinea Bumi River. Buried Lae.
TAYLOR Peter Gardner Paterson QX27797 DOAS 06/10/1942 At Sea Alamein Memorial
TOOTH Alfred Edwin QX6883 DOAS 15/03/1943 Australia  
TOOTH John Thomas (Jack) QX6885 KIA 29/06/1941 Tobruk  
TRUDGIAN Lionel Clarence John QX12696 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
             
WALLIS John Cecil Eear QX13026 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
WARD Frederick Leslie QX9753 DOAS 19/12/1943 New Guinea Buried Lae.
WATSON Robert Joseph QX12635 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
WEBB Arthur John QX5316 KIA 01/07/1941 Tobruk  
WHITE Robert Leslie QX19233 DOW 31/10/1942 El Alamein  
WILLIAMS Charles Gidley QX10604 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein Operation Bulimba
WILSON Richard Frank QX6646 KIA 12/11/1943 New Guinea Kumawa. Buried Lae.
WILTSHIRE Victor William QX15668 KIA 13/10/1943 New Guinea Kumawa. Buried Lae.
WOLFGRAM Frederick George QX12805 DOW 01/11/1942 El Alamein El Alamein War Cem.
WOODS John (Joe) QX7125 KIA 22/09/1943 New 
Guinea		 Buried Port Moresby 
(Bomana)		  
WRIGHT Donald Treasure QX8239 DOAS 19/07/1944 Australia Ipswich General Cem. Qld
             
YOUNG Ronald Elston NX33230 DOW 13/06/1941 Tobruk Tobruk War Cemetery
             
ZEIDLER William John QX20123 KIA 01/09/1942 El Alamein

Operation Bulimba 

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The following table shows details of other Australian soldiers who died while on attachment to the 2/15th Battalion.
This information comes from the AWM site.

SURNAME Other Names  Number Cause
of death		 Date
of death		 Location
of death		 Other Information
             
BRAIN Stanley VX1988 KIA 2/07/1941 Tobruk 9 Div Petrol Company AASC
FETHNEY Reginald Kirkbride NX51708 DOW 3/06/1941 Tobruk 9 Div Supply Column, AASC
POTTER Henry Christopher NX40746 DOW 12/06/1941 Libya 9 Div Supply Column, AASC (see also above)
SAMUELS John Harris QX6407 KIA 25/10/1942 El Alamein AAMC (see above also)
WILLIS Arthur Garnet NX56630 KIA 16/06/1941 Tobruk 9 Div Supply Column, AASC
YOUNG Ronald Elston NX33230 DOW 13/06/1941 Tobruk 9 Div Supply Column, AASC (see also above)

 

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