Leonard Brice BOWYER

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Service Number:	S56513
Enlisted:	9 January 1942, Yankalilla, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wattle Flat, South Australia, Australia., 30 May 1913
Home Town:	Wattle Flat, Yankalilla, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer (Wattle Stripping)
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 20 August 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot P. Row D. Grave 7. Personal Inscription ~ "EVER REMEMBERED BY ALL. TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN".
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB, Yankalilla War Memorial Wall

9 Jan 1942:	Involvement Private, S56513
9 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Yankalilla, SA
9 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S56513
4 Feb 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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