DOHERTY, Leonard Matthew
Service Numbers: | SX15034, S34410 |
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Enlisted: | 1 November 1941 |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment |
Born: | Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, 26 September 1910 |
Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Munitions, Salisbury |
Died: | Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 20 April 1945, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot B3, Row F, Grave 10, |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kapunda District Honour Board, Kapunda and District Fallen Soldiers Monument |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, SX15034 | |
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1 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX15034 | |
1 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, SX15034 | |
1 Nov 1941: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Trooper, S34410 | |
1 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
20 Apr 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Armoured Car Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Leonard Matthew DOHERTY was born in Rose Park, Adelaide on 26th Sepember, 1910
His parents were Matthew Leonard DOHERTY & Mary Ellen BURKE who married in South Australia on 5th March, 1908
Leonard was Killed in Action at Bougainville on 20th April, 1945 and is buried in the Bomana War Cemetery
He was awarded the Commander in Chiefs card for voluntary Army Medical research
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Leonards father Matthew DOHERTY (SN 479) was Killed in Action during WW1 on 28th August, 1916