Keywords: Flying Officer Burnell of 23 Squadron RAAF WWII AWM P08703.029.jpg AWM caption Studio portrait of 409289 Flying Officer FO Noel George Burnell 23 Squadron RAAF A clerk of Berri SA Burnell enlisted on 15 August 1941 FO Burnell was killed in New Guinea whilst on operations on 24 February 1944 aged 21 He is commemorated at the Lae Memorial Papua New Guinea This image is taken from The Ivanarian a magazine of the Ivanhoe Grammar School in Melbourne Vic During the Second World War the school honoured old boys who had enlisted and died by including a short biographical piece and in many cases a portrait P08703 029 circa 1941 1944 author Copyright expired - public domain PD-Australia World War II people of the Royal Australian Air Force Burnell Noel No 23 Squadron RAAF Lockheed Hudson aircrew Vultee A-31 Vengeance aircrew |