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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, SA, 26 June 1913 |
Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Ivanhoe Grammar School |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness whilst POW, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 10 July 1945, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia |
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 |
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