Lionel James HEARN

HEARN, Lionel James

Service Number: NX55850
Enlisted: 2 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion
Born: Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 28 November 1918
Home Town: Binda, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Sheep Farmer
Died: Injuries, Malaya, 29 August 1941, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crookwell War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX55850
2 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX55850, 2nd/20th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Michelle Leihn

Driver Lionel James Hearn - 2/20th Battalion, 22 Brigade, 8th Division.

Born: Binda, NSW Australia

Parents: John Gordon and Susan Rose Hearn, "Victoria Flat", Binda, via Crookwell, NSW Australia

Occup: Sheep Farmer - Not married

Passed: 29TH August, 1941, from injuries received the same day in a Bren Gu carrier accident, Johore State, Malaya: Aged 22 years.

 

Buried Krani Ware Cemetery, Singapore

BIO - Dist Cousin Michelle