Leon Leslie DE VERE

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Service Number:	VX27313
Enlisted:	15 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 8 October 1909
Home Town:	Apollo Bay, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 25 June 1945, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 17. Row A. Grave 15. Inscription: "A GALLANT SOLDIER ALWAYS REMEMBERED".
Memorials:	Apollo Bay War Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX27313
15 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX27313, Camp Staff (Redbank), Caulfield, Victoria.
17 Feb 1942:	Imprisoned Ambon, Died at Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri.
25 Jun 1945:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force.

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