Second Lieutenant Richard Stewart BURSTAL

Second Lieutenant Richard Stewart Burstal{gallery}2nd Lt R S Burstal{/gallery}1st Battalion, Australian Infantry
Killed in action in the Battle of Pozieres, France and Flanders, 25th July 1916 aged 21
2nd Lt Burstal was killed by a shell which exploded above him in a recently captured German trench

• Commemorated: Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
  
• Awarded: Victory Medal
  
• Son of Richard Webber and Maria Helena Burstal [nee Soares]
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton, Abbey Church of St. Mary
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for 2nd Lt Burstal
• Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
• Australian Infantry
• Australian War Memorial Entry
• Australian Army Service Records
  

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 1891 at Temora, NSW, Australia
  
• Lived at Warren, Castlereagh, NSW [1913]
  
• Employed as a stock and station Agent [1915]
  
• Enlisted 13 Apr 1915. Arrived at Etaples, France 20 May 1916.