Leo Mervyn BOURNE

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Service Numbers:	NX125024, N265325
Enlisted:	29 October 1941, Nowra, 34 Infantry Battalion
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia., 19 March 1922
Home Town:	Bomaderry, Shoalhaven Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Nowra Intermediate High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 30 April 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot GG. Row D. Grave 15. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE LOVED BY ALL".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bomaderry War Memorial, Nowra All Saints Anglican Church Vestibule WW2 Memorial Plaque

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX125024
29 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N265325, Nowra, 34 Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX125024, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
19 Nov 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX125024, Brisbane per Duntroon, disembarked Port Moresby, New Guinea - Reinforcements NG Force. RTA 30-01-1943
31 Jan 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, TOS from 1ACRC
21 Dec 1944:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX125024, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, Cairns, disembarked Aitape, New Guinea
30 Apr 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX125024, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion, Aitape - Wewak, New Guinea, KIA

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