BLANKSBY, Leonard John Malcolm
| Service Number: | VX48547 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Healesville, Victoria, Australia, 18 January 1906 |
| Home Town: | Caulfield, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | At his residence, 113 Elizabeth Street, Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 30 October 1954, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Other Denominations B, Grave 376 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, VX48547, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Caulfield, Vic. | |
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| 8 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Major, VX48547, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
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Son of William BLANKSBY and Sara BLANKSBY nee McLAUCHLAN
Husband of Ivy Lillian BLANKSBY nee ANDERSON, Caufield, Vic.
BLANKSBY.—On October 30, at his residence. 113 Elizabeth Street, East Coburg, Leonard John Malcolm (Monty) Blanksby, loving husband, of Ivy, loving father of Barbara, Peter, William, Donald and Diane.
In God's care.
BLANKSBY.—In respectful memory of our comrade. Major L. J. M. (Monty) Blanksby, who passed away October 30. president of the 4th Anti-tank. Association, ex 13th Battery, 4th Anti-tank Regiment, 8th Division. 2nd A.I.F.
At the going down of the sun
And in the morning we shall remember them.
—Inserted by the 4th Anti-tank Association.
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