Rita May LEONARD

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Service Number:	97027
Enlisted:	13 July 1942
Last Rank:	Aircraftwoman
Last Unit:	RAAF Laverton
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 4 September 1915
Home Town:	Whitemore, Meander Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Ground Accident, Laverton, Victoria, Australia, Laverton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 January 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.S.A.11
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 97027
13 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, RAAF Laverton
13 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftwoman, 97027

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Daughter of James Alfred and Vera Ethel Irene Leonard of Whitemore, Tasmania

Staff member at the Equipment Training School at Laverton

Hers was the first service funeral for a member of the WAAAF