Leander Buxton GROVE

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Service Number:	NGX175
Enlisted:	4 April 1941, Madang, Territory of New Guinea
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	47 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia , 13 September 1915
Home Town:	Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Crookwell Public & High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 16 August 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery M D 1,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crookwell War Memorial, Maryborough 47th Battalion Fallen Comrades HB

4 Apr 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, NGX175, 47 Infantry Battalion AMF
4 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Madang, Territory of New Guinea
4 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NGX175

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Leander Buxton GROVE was born on 13th September, 1915 in Crookwell, NSW

His parents were William Arthur GROVE and Maude BUXTON

He was living in Madang, New Guinea & working for an accountancy firm as a Clerk when he enlisted with the Australian Army on 4th April, 1941

He was a Lieutenant with the 47th Australian Infantry Battalion

Leander was Killed in Action on 16th August, 1943 & is buried in Lae War Cemetery - he is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial

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Sydney Morning Herald - 16th August, 1944

In Memoriam - GROVE - In sacred memory of our beloved Son & Brother, Lieutenant Leander Buxton GROVE who was Killed in Action- August 16, 1943.

Sadly missed by his Mother, Father, Sisters & Brothers.