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PAYNE, Leonard
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | W15462, WX17810 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Capel, Western Australia, Australia, 20 November 1901 |
| Home Town: | Capel, Capel, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Capel Primary, Western Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Labourer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Busselton Western Australia, 28 January 1993, aged 91 years |
| Cemetery: |
Capel Cemetery Capel, Western Australia Row 2 Grave 17 |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 14 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W15462 | |
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| 27 Nov 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W15462, Unit:122 Reserve Motor Transport Company. | |
| 28 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17810 | |
| 6 Sep 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Transfered to reinforce 2/32nd Battalion in palistine disembarked 8th if October 1942 sent to train with the 24ITB | |
| 24 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17810, 2/32 AIF | |
| 24 Jan 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17810, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT VV 1491 "Queen Mary" at PORT TEWFICK EGYPT. Disembarked FREMANTLE 18th, A Day after his 2nd son Arnold Douglas Payne. | |
| 7 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17810, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on USAT Chas P Steinmetz at Cairns. Disembarked at LYAL WARF, MILNE BAY. | |
| 5 Sep 1943: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17810, 2nd/32nd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Leonard is Said to Have been Most likely D company and is said to have Fought in the capture of a village near Lae, The Tami Islands, the defence of Katika and Scarlet Beach, The Capture of Pino Hill (in which they were supported by Tanks and the Defence of Pabu Hill Before Capturing Malaria and Being sent home. | |
| 29 Feb 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX17810 |
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