Leonard Montague MONTGOMERIE MC, MBE

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MONTGOMERIE, Leonard Montague

Service Numbers:	SX15503, 4400059
Enlisted:	16 December 1941, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	Australian Ancillary Unit Korea
Born:	Port Clinton, South Australia, 28 November 1921
Home Town:	Ardrossan, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Natural causes, Australia, 21 November 1976, aged 54 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Flinders Park Staff of the South Australian Gas Company Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

16 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, 4400059
16 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Private, SX15503, Adelaide, South Australia
17 Dec 1941:	Involvement SX15503
5 Mar 1946:	Discharged Lieutenant, SX15503, 2nd/7th Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron

Korean War Service

11 Nov 1950:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 4400059, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR)
11 Nov 1950:	Involvement 4400059
19 Feb 1952:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 4400059, Australian Ancillary Unit Korea
19 Feb 1952:	Involvement 4400059
4 Aug 1952:	Involvement 4400059
4 Aug 1952:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Captain, 4400059, Australian Ancillary Unit Korea

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Biography

Awarded the Military Cross: Captain Montgomerie, when a platoon commander of No. 4 Platoon, B Company, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), showed outstanding bravery, leadership and determination at Chukton-ni, Korea, on 24 April 1951.

"Won M.C. in Korea

CANBERRA, Friday.— A platoon commander of the Third Battalion in Korea has been Awarded the Military Cross. He is Lieutenant Leonard Montague Montgomerie, of Ardrossan (S.A.). The citation says that his platoon was ordered to capture a strongpoint on April 24. Although outnumbered two to one, Montgomerie took the enemy post with two bayonet charges. Sixty-seven enemy dead were counted..." - from the Courier Mail 18 Aug 1951 (nla.gov.au)

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