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BLIGHT, Leon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX47866 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 August 1940, Caulfield, VIC |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 26 June 1913 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ivanhoe Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Tanner |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 10 July 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 18. Row A. Grave 2. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 1 Aug 1940: | Involvement Corporal, VX47866, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Caulfield, VIC | |
| 1 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX47866 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Died of illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. | |
| 10 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force |
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