LAWRENCE, Leonard Harold
Service Numbers: | F4966, W80170 |
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Enlisted: | 11 November 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments |
Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 20 January 1918 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Truck Driver |
Died: | Accidental (Motor vehicle accident), Australia, 30 October 1945, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement F4966 | |
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11 Nov 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W80170, WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments | |
25 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, F4966 | |
31 Mar 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W80170, WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Lawrence was the youngest of two children of Percival Harold Heberle (aka Harold; b1882 in Moonta Bay, South Australia) and Mabel Eunice Lawrence (b1890 in Picton Junction, WA). Harold ( a Porter with WAGR)and Mabel married in Melbourne, Victoria in 1914 and moved to Manly in Sydney, NSW. According to the Daily News (24 December 1924) 'The marrieage had been unhappy from the outset because of (Harold's) hot tempered and violent disposition'. Harry and Mabel returned to Perth WA in 1917 and were divorced in 1925 - Mabel reverted to her maiden name, and at a later date Leonard changed his name by deed poll to Lawrence.
Leonard was a Truck Driver in Perth WA in November 1942 when he enlsisted in the ACMF (Private; Service No:W80170). He Discharged to enlist in the RAN in March 1943 (Stoker II; Service No:F4966).
In 1944 Leonard married Lillian in Perth WA, and on 30 October 1945 Leonard died from injuries sustained in an accident - his car crashed head on into a tram on 22 October. Lillian and their son Graeme lived in Scarborough, Perth WA and Lillian died in 1973.