Henry Josiah LEECH

LEECH, Henry Josiah

Service Number: TX2692
Enlisted: 24 June 1940
Last Rank: Private
Born: Berri, South Australia, 22 October 1918
Home Town: Cygnet, Huon Valley, Tasmania
Occupation: Orchard Labourer
Died: Cerebral malaria whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, Timor, 9 July 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia
Burial reference: - Plot 15. Row A. Grave 7. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED ... SADLY MISSED".
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

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