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LEONARD, William John

Service Numbers:	511, T22926
Enlisted:	21 March 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Waratah, Tasmania, Australia , 4 October 1893
Home Town:	Stannary Hills, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Kingston Beach, Kingborough Council Tasmania, Australia, 28 January 1957, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania Church of England, CH, Number 141
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 1 Service

21 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 511, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 511, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
23 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 511, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
1 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 511, Wounded in Action
10 Nov 1917:	Promoted Lance Corporal
6 Apr 1918:	Imprisoned Reported Missing. Prisoner of War in German Hands

World War 2 Service

9 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, T22926

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