LEDGER, John Mattam
| Service Numbers: | QP8452, QX47916 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia, 22 April 1908 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Multigrapher |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Jan 1943: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QP8452, QP prior to AIF - QX47916 (NAAQ film) | |
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| 11 Jan 1943: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QX47916, also QP8452 | |
| 11 Jan 1943: | Enlisted | |
| 11 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX47916 | |
| 27 Apr 1945: | Discharged | |
| 27 Apr 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX47916 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
John Mattam Ledger, born in 1908 in Tumbarumbah, New South Wales was the eldest child of Clarence John Ledger ( born in 1875 in Hartley, New South Wales) and Anna Helena Mary Knaggs (born in 1875 in Newcastle, New South Wales. C;larence was a Bank Manager and Justice of the Peace, and John grew up in Grafton, NSW, Rockhamptonm Maryborough and Brisbane QLD.
John started work in Newcastle NSW as a Turner, and was working as a Multigrapher in Brisbane, QLD when he married Merle Evison Watson in 1937.
John elisted in the Australian Army and served as a Warrant Officer Class II (Service No: QX47916) with 102 Australian Brigade Workshop, After his Discharge in 1945, John and Merle lived in Brisbane, QLD where he worked as a Clerk until 1968. He then lived in Wynnum, QLD, working as an Engineering Representative until retiring to Berowra in NSW, where he died in 1982