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SEABROOK, Leonard Fraser Gillespie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 406878 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Air Observers School Mount Gambier |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 10 July 1910 |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Marks College, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Nhill, Victoria, Australia, 13 May 1943, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nhill Cemetery, Victoria Plot A, Row A, Grave 3 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Merredin War Memorial, Mount Gambier RAAF Avro Anson W2574 Crash Site, Nhill R.A.A.F. Base WW2 Memorial, North Adelaide St. Mark's College WW2 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 28 Apr 1941: | Involvement Flying Officer, 406878 | |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Perth, WA | |
| 28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 406878 | |
| 13 May 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 2 Air Observers School Mount Gambier | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leonard Fraser Gillespie SEABROOK was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales on 10th July, 1910
His parents were Leonard Llewellyn SEABROOK & Alana Mary MacDONELL who married in Broken Hill in 1909
He enlisted with the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth, Western Australia on 28th April, 1941
He married Ivy Joy EVANS in Western Australia in 1941
Leonard died in a crash of an Avro Anson Aircraft (W2574), 9 miles north east of Nhill in Victoria and is buried in the Nhill War Cemetery
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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