LEACH, Stephen John
| Service Number: | 65510 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 73 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | 1916, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School, University of Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gambut, Lybia, 8 July 1941 |
| Cemetery: |
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt Joint grave 20. F. 10. |
| Memorials: | Corio Geelong Grammar School "LEACH" Memorial Window |
World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 65510, No. 73 Squadron (RAF) |
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Son of Stephen E. Leach, and of Gertrude Leach, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. B.A. (University of Melbourne).
IN PROUD, LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON & BROTHER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
LEACH.—Previously reported missing, now effiicially presumed killed in action in Libya, July, 1941, Pilot-Officer Stephen John Leach, R.A.F., aged 25, dearly loved elder son of the late Mr. S. E. Leach of Brisbane and Mrs. Gertrude Leach, now of 160 Palatine Road
Manchester, England.
Pilot Officer S J Leach: killed; aircraft failed to return from operational flight over Gambut, Libya, Hurricane Z4694, 73 Squadron, 7 July 1941.