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HOYLING, Leonard Rupert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX16383 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 15 July 1940, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prahran, Vic, Australia, 11 November 1918 |
| Home Town: | Tara, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Qld, Australia, 18 July 2009, aged 90 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance | Cemetery & Crematorium Memorial Location: Wall of All Seasons/Wall-West/Side-Spring/Row-B3. |
| Tree Plaque: |
Tara Walk of Remembrance Garden
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| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, QX16383, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
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| 15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX16383, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia | |
| 15 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX16383, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, POW-Prisoner of War: 15/02/1942, officially recognized date of surrender of the Allied Forces to the Japanese Forces; To - Surrender Date: 10/09/1945, of the Japanese Forces to the Allied Forces at the Surrender Point Memorial-Labuan Federal Territory-Labuan, Malaysia. | |
| 27 Feb 1946: | Discharged Private, QX16383, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion | |
| 27 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX16383, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
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