Leo Alexander THOMAS

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Service Number:	NX40653
Enlisted:	28 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Weston, New South Wales, Australia, 23 November 1906
Home Town:	Werris Creek, Liverpool Plains, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Auctioneer
Died:	Werris Creek, New South Wales Australia , 5 July 1948, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Werris Creek General Cemetery RC
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

28 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX40653, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
13 Apr 1942:	Imprisoned Private L.A.Thomas NX40653 was captured in Malaya and was sent to CHANGI PW prison camp in Singapore. Where he stayed as a POW until the Japanese surrender in 1945.
19 Feb 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX40653, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion

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