Leonard (Len) THOMAS

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Service Number:	VX21564
Enlisted:	17 June 1940
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,, 20 July 1908
Home Town:	South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Custom's Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 17 August 1943, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference: Plot P. Row D. Grave 11. Inscription: "WELL DONE "LEN""
Memorials:	Albert Park South Melbourne & Sydney Swans Football Club Honour Roll, Australian Commando Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, VX21564
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX21564
23 Sep 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 2nd/3rd Independent Company / Commando Squadron, Posted to 2/3rd Independent Company on 23rd September 1942. Killed in action 17th August 1942, New Guinea.

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Son of William David and Ethel Jemima Thomas; husband of Edith Mary Thomas, of South Melbourne, Victoria.

WELL DONE "LEN"