MEWETT, Leonard Mackenzie
| Service Number: | 122310 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1943, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | No. 4 Airfield Construction Squadron |
| Born: | Graytown, South Australia, 16 December 1917 |
| Home Town: | Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electric Welder |
| Died: | Workplace accident, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, 12 September 1952, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section L, Drive C, Path 8(19), Site 309N |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Feb 1943: | Involvement 122310 | |
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| 9 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 122310, No. 4 Airfield Construction Squadron, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 6 Mar 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 122310, No. 4 Airfield Construction Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick John Edward MEWETT and Ellen nee SHERIDAN
Husband of Norman Jean MEWETT, 420 Port Road, West Hindmarsh, SA
VOLUNTEER DIED
FROM INJURIES
A man was working voluntarily on a kindergarten building when he received fatal injuries, the City Coroner (Mr. T. E. Cleland) found today. Mr. Cleland was inquiring into the death of Leonard McKenzie Mewett, 35, welder, of Fife street, Woodville.
He found that Mewett died in Royal Adelaide Hospital on September 12 from injuries caused when a steel trestle fell on him when he was a volunteer worker at Woodville pre school kindergarten on September 6. The trestle fell when a jolt caused the sling of a crane to become dislodged. Mr. O. C. Isaachsen appeared for Mewett's widow, Mr. R. F. Newman appeared for Woodville District Council Child's Welfare Centre.
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