Sydney Martin LEONARD

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Service Number:	VX82228
Enlisted:	27 July 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 15 July 1914
Home Town:	Fairfield, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Pastry Cook's Labourer / Bread Carter
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 11 December 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot AA. Row A. Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR OUR FREEDOM. EVER REMEMBERED"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX82228
27 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX82228, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion

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