BAYLISS, Leighton Llewellwyn
| Service Number: | VX3382 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia, 22 July 1913 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Commercial Artist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Crete, Greece, 20 September 1941, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX3382, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX3382, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, South Melbourne | |
| 8 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX3382, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX3382, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, "Operation Lustre" Greece 1941 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leighton was born as Leigh William Llewellyn BAYLISS on 22nd July, 1913 in Deniliquin, New South Wales
His parents were Phillip James BAYLISS & Evelyn Harriet LLEWELLYN who married in Deniliquin in 1908
Leighton married Joyce Culvenor PURTON in Victoria in 1939
He was living in Fairfield in Melbourne, Victoria when he enlisted with the Australian Army on 8th November, 1939
He died while defending the Island of Crete against the German land & airborne invasion on 20th September, 1941 - death was presumed - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and Phaleron War Cemetery Memorial in Athens, Greece & the Roll of Honour in Heidleberg, Victoria
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His father Phillip James BAYLISS first served in the Boer War (SN2795) and then as a Lieutenant in WW1 and was discharged from duty in 1920
His brother Phillip Arthur BAYLISS served in WW2 (SN 377638) & (SN VX66675) & was discharged in 1945
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