Leonard John MCBARRON

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Service Number:	QX64904
Enlisted:	6 February 1941
Last Rank:	Signaller
Last Unit:	New Guinea Force Battalion
Born:	Herberton, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1921
Home Town:	Atherton, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Presumed, New Guinea, 1 June 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Lae Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Signalman, QX64904
6 Feb 1941:	Enlisted
6 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX64904
1 Jun 1942:	Involvement Signaller, QX64904, New Guinea Force Battalion, Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
1 Jun 1942:	Enlisted

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Signalman McBarron QX64904 and Sergeant Mayne VX64256 became Prisoners of War and were subsequently executed by Japanese personnel