John Edward Le Marshall

He was killed in action at sea: Nearest landform, At sea (Middle East). VX28243 Royal Australian Artillery Vic. Paybook photograph of VX28243 Gunner John Edward Le Marshall, 3rd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Le Marshall, aged 26, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 29 May 1941. He was the son of Ernest John and Catherine Le Marshall, of Mt Egerton, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 10. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. His name is located at panel 21 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. Father Ernest John Le Marshall (Marchant) (1874-3.5.1945) Ballarat. Mother Catherine Wallace (1885-1958) Ballarat