Henry Josiah LEECH

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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, Launceston 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion Honour Roll

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24 Jun 1940:	Involvement Private, TX2692
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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