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BOURNE, Leo Mervyn
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | NX125024, N265325 |
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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 GG. D. 15. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bomaderry War Memorial, Nowra All Saints Anglican Church WW2 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX125024 | |
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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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