Henry David LEAMAN

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LEAMAN, Henry David

Service Number:	30961
Enlisted:	17 March 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	RAAF Laverton
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 27 November 1904
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Aircraft accident), Flinders Island, Tasmania, Australia, 29 May 1942, aged 37 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 30961
17 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 30961, RAAF Laverton
17 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 30961

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Australian National Airways (ANA) De Havilland DH89 aircraft "Marika" (VH-UXZ) crashed into the sea at Tanners Bay, Marriott Reef, off Flinders Island, Tasmania when the aircraft apparently ran out of fuel - the pilot & three passengers were killed in the crash.

Leading Aircraftman Henry David Leaman 30961 of Station HQ Laverton - body not recovered; commemorated on the Sydney Memorial

Private Robert Gerald Giblin V18572 of 24th Garrison Battalion, Australian Army

Harry Selfe - an employee of AWA (Amalgamated Wireless Australasia)

Raymond Weston (Pilot) - ANA

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