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LEOD, Francis John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | PM8453 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 May 1945, Enlisted at Port Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
| Born: | Windsor, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1927 |
| Home Town: | Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Laboratory Assistant |
| Died: | Illness-Cardiac Failure, Inverloch, Australia, 11 September 1945, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
HMAS Cerberus Cemetery 1.D.1., HMAS Cerberus Cemetery, Westernport, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement PM8453, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) | |
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| 22 May 1945: | Enlisted PM8453, Enlisted at Port Melbourne | |
| 22 May 1945: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM8453 | |
| 11 Sep 1945: | Discharged PM8453, HMAS Cerberus (Shore), Ordinary Seaman. Suffering from Rheumatic Fever, moved to Navy Convalescent Hospital at Inverloch, Vic, 21-06-1945. Discharged 'Dead'. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edwad joseph and Kathleen Leod of Elwood, Victoria
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