Leonard John BROWN

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Service Number:	WX34012
Enlisted:	7 August 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia., 9 October 1923
Home Town:	Swanbourne, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Diesel Engine Cleaner
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 27 August 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Section F. Row B. Grave 13. Personal Inscription ~ "A SMILING FACE, A HEART OF GOLD, WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER".
Memorials:	Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Hospital Memorial Rose Garden

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, WX34012
7 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX34012
15 May 1943:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/2nd Independent Company / Cavalry Commando Squadron

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