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DAWES, Leon John Leger
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 41172 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) |
| Born: | Cleve, South Australia , 15 August 1933 |
| Home Town: | Thevenard, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Porter South Australian Railways |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Korea, 26 July 1953, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Busan, Korea Private Dawes was originally interred at Tanggok Cemetery. Portion 36 Plot and Row 5 Grave No.2935 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Adelaide Post Second World War Memorial, Ceduna Murat Bay and District Korea and Vietnam Honor Roll, Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery Wall of Remembrance, South Australian Korean War Memorial |
Service History
Korean War Service
| 17 Mar 1953: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 41172 | |
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| 25 Jul 1953: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 41172, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR), Samichon ("The Hook") |
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S.A. Man Killed In Korea
CANBERRA, July 31.
A 19-year-old SA soldier, Pte. Leon John Leger Dawes, of Thevenard was killed in action in Korea while the final truce negotiations were taking place.
Pte. Dawes, who was born at Cleve. had joined the SAR as a junior porter after leaving school. He was living at Thevenard with his parents when he enlisted.
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