DARLING, Leonard
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Field Artillery |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, Australia, 23 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 22 April 1963, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, Victoria MGC-PRE-Comp-NA-No-769/770 |
| Memorials: | The Adelaide Club Great War Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Field Artillery |
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Son of John DARLING and Jessie nee DOWIE
Husband of Winifred DARLING nee WILSON
Mr. Leonard Darling, who left Adelaide on September 23, 1915 for London with the intention of going to the front, has been gazetted a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery, and is a t Colchester.
Enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery in England in 1915 and served for 12 months in France. Fought in the battles of the Somme and Arras.
Leonard Darling lived in UK from 1911 and served in World War I. His son Leonard Gordon Darling (1921 - 31 August 2015, born in London, England) served in World War II, reaching the rank of captain, became a director of BHP in 1953 and chairman of John Darling & Son in 1963. He was a founding patron of the National Portrait Gallery.
His brother attended Prince Alfred College so it is assumed that he did also.
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