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LEEDER, Harold Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX37669 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Donald, Vic., 25 March 1917 |
| Home Town: | Merbein, Mildura Shire, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mildura High School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Merbein Memorial Gates, Merbein Memorial Walls, Mildura High School WW2 Honour Roll, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, VX37669 | |
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| 22 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, VX37669, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Henry and Alice Leeder; husband of Eileen Ivy Muriel Leeder, of Merbein South, Victoria.
LEEDER.-In July, 1942, reported missing. 2/22nd Battalion, VX37669, Sgt. H. C. Leeder, loving nephew of the Pope family, Meyer street, Donald.
LEEDER.—A tribute to the memory of our nephew, Sergeant H. C. Leeder, 2/22nd Bat., presumed to have lost his life July 1942.
—We will always remember your smile. (L. and R. McClelland and Family.)
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