Leonard Herman DOST

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Service Number:	SX8765
Enlisted:	12 July 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Croydon, South Australia, Australia, 13 December 1905
Home Town:	Croydon, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Manager of Dry Cleaning Firm / Secretary, Port Adelaide Chamber of Commerce / Justice of the Peace
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 1 October 1943, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Plot No ~ Plot CC. Row B. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL. EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

12 Jul 1940:	Involvement Lieutenant, SX8765, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
12 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
12 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, SX8765, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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