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LEECH, Henry Josiah
Personal Details
Service Number: | TX2692 |
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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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World War 2 Service
24 Jun 1940: | Involvement Private, TX2692 | |
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24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Hobart, TAS | |
24 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX2692 | |
22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Died of illness. |
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