Jack Maxwell LEESON

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Service Number:	NX31687
Enlisted:	12 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 18 May 1920
Home Town:	Whian Whian, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, New Guinea, 17 October 1943, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot FF. Row C. Grave 3. Personal Inscription ~ "HE SAW HIS DUTY AND HE DID IT"
Memorials:

12 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX31687, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion
5 Aug 1940:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/3rd Pioneer Battalion
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX31687, 2nd/2nd Pioneer Battalion

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