ANNEAR, Leonard Jack
| Service Number: | NX49646 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 October 1941, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Drouin, Victoria, Australia , 12 August 1920 |
| Home Town: | Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 20 February 1945, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Labuan Memorial, Malaysia Panel 12 also Panel 42 at the AWM |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Private, NX49646, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX49646, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Oct 1941: | Involvement Private, NX49646, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Feb 1945: | Involvement Private, NX49646, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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Father John William Annear and Mother Hilda Blanche Annear,
living at 31 Edgeware Road, Enmore, NSW (in 1953).
Next of kin in service:
Father 6214 Private John William Annear (19 years old - 1916)
7th Infantry Battalion
(prior to embarking, last lived at 76 Peel Street, Windsor, VIC)
11/9/1916 embarked on board HMAT A14 Euripides
20/5/1919 Returned to Australia (Private, 1st Division Train)
Uncle 6952 Private Charles Frederick Annear (28 years old - 1916)
(prior to embarking, last lived at 76 Peel Street, Windsor, VIC)
12/10/1916 enlisted in Melbourne
23/11/1916 embarked on board HMAT Hororata A20
26/4/1918 killed in action at Hamel
buried in Caestre Military Cemetery, Caestre, France
25/10/1941 Enlisted at Punchbowl, NSW (21 years old)
later signed up at Paddington, NSW
A Private with 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion.
Private Leonard Annear was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW)
held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred
there from Singapore as a part of B Force.
The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on
7/7/1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour
on 18/7/1942.
20/2/1945 Private Annear (24 years old), died as a prisoner of the Japanese,
in Borneo, Malaya
He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 12.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 9/5/2015. Lest we forget.
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