BROWN, Leonard
| Service Number: | QX11084 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 11 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Copmanhurst, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1905 |
| Home Town: | Texas, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Malaria, Texas, Queensland, Australia , 18 November 1948, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Inverell Cemetery, NSW Entitled to a war grave . But family opted to Bury with other family members in cemetery |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Jul 1940: | Involvement QX11084 | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Warwick, Qld. | |
| 7 Dec 1945: | Discharged | |
| 7 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX11084, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
Help us honour Leonard Brown's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Greater Love Hath No Man That He Gave His Life For His Country
An aborigine returned Digger of World War II. died in the District Hospital yesterday as the result of illness contracted while a prisoner or war in Japan. He was Mr. Leonard Brown (41), of Texas, who served with the 2nd. A.I.F. almost from the outbreak of hostilities. He had been under treatment in the District Hospital on various occasions over a long period. A patient sufferer, he won the admiration of fellow patients arid nursing staff. Burial took place in the Church of England portion of Inverell cemetery this morning, Rev. A. Battersby officiated. The firm of C. S. Thorley attended to the mortuary arrangements.
Click images to start slideshow.