MATHAMS, Leonard George
| Service Number: | QX945 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Essex, England, 3 April 1906 |
| Home Town: | Wynnum, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Rosalie State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Wynnum, Queensland, Australia, 26 November 1982, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 22 May 1940: | Involvement Lieutenant, QX945 | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 May 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 22 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX945, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 30 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 30 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, QX945, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
Help us honour Leonard George Mathams's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Born in Clacton On Sea in Essex England in 1904, Len was the second of six children of Harry Alfred Mathams (b1873 in Surrey, England) and Emily Izzard (b1878 in Middlesex, England). Harry (a Carpenter and Joiner) and Emily married in 1899 in Essex, England and lived in Clacton On Sea. In 1913 Harry and Emily with their four children emigrated, arriving in Brisbane QLD on board the Roscommon. The family settled in Paddington, Brisbane before moving to Wynnum, Brisbane QLD - Harry worked as a Carpenter.
Len attended Rosalie State School in Brisbane before leaving at thirteen years of age to start work as a Shop Assistant. He was a Salesman in Wynnum when he enlisted in the Australian Army (Service No:QX945) in May 1940. He served for more than five years in New Guinea and the Middle East and, commissioned 'in the field', was a Lieutenant attached to 2/34 General Transport Coy when he was Discharged in October 1945. Brother Bob (Lieutenant Robert Harry Mathams MC) also served in the Australian Army.
Len settled back in Wynnum, QLD and never married. He was active in community affairs - Treasurer and Club Commodore of the Old Wynnum and Manly Sailing Club; District Delegate on the Brisbane Rugby League Committee; Member of the Wynnum Golf Club; member of the Masonic Order (Tuscan Lodge 235) and life patron of the AMW and O Fund. Len worked as a Salesman until retirement in the early 1960s and died in 1982.
Click images to start slideshow.